Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Tennessee Double This Week

 

Davidson County retook its status as having the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to new numbers that officials with the Tennessee Department of Health released on their website Friday.

Overall, as of Friday night, Tennessee had 3,067 confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the TDH’s website.

Davidson County had 685 confirmed COVID-19 cases, whereas Shelby County had 640 cases.

Sumner County, meanwhile, ranked third with 283 cases and Williamson County ranked fourth with 221 cases.

Among the other confirmed cases, going by county and number of cases:

• Rutherford County: 127

• Knox County: 98

• Wilson County: 71

• Hamilton County: 67

• Robertson County: 51

• Putnam County: 50

• Montgomery County: 41

• Blount County: 33

• Tipton County: 28

• Cumberland County: 22

• Dickson County: 21

• Bradley County: 21

• Maury County: 20

• Washington County: 20

• Sullivan County: 18

• Fayette County: 17

• Madison County: 17

• Greene County: 16

• Marion County: 14

• Sevier County: 13

• Franklin County: 12

• Loudon County: 12

• Cheatham County: 11

• Grundy County: 11

• Anderson County: 10

• Hawkins County: 8

• Gibson County: 7

• Macon County: 7

• Trousdale County: 7

• Bedford County: 6

• Carroll County: 6

• Jefferson County: 6

• Chester County: 5

• DeKalb County: 5

• Dyer County: 5

• Hardeman County: 5

• Monroe County: 5

• Benton County: 4

• Campbell County: 4

• Cannon County: 4

• Henry County: 4

• Lincoln County: 4

• Marshall County: 4

• Carter County: 3

• Coffee County: 3

• Giles County: 3

• Grainger County: 3

• Hamblen County: 3

• Humphreys County: 3

• Jackson County: 3

• Lawrence County: 3

• McMinn County: 3

• McNairy County: 3

• Roane County: 3

• Scott County: 3

• Smith County: 3

• Bledsoe County: 2

• Claiborne County: 2

• Hardin County: 2

• Haywood County: 2

• Johnson County: 2

• Lauderdale County: 2

• Lewis County: 2

• Meigs County: 2

• Morgan County: 2

• Obion County: 2

• Overton County: 2

• Perry County: 2

• Polk County: 2

• Sequatchie County: 2

• Wayne County: 2

• White County: 2

• Clay County: 1

• Cocke County: 1

• Fentress County: 1

• Hickman County: 1

• Houston County: 1

• Unicoi County: 1

• Union County: 1

• Warren County: 1

• Weakley County: 1

As The Tennessee Star reported Sunday, at the start of the week Tennessee had 1,537 confirmed COVID-19 cases, about half of what it had at the end of the week.

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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected].