Medical personnel in Tennessee had 110 confirmed COVID-19 cases in their respective intensive care units on Tuesday of this week, but by Wednesday those numbers dropped to 79.
This, according to data the Tennessee Department of Health provided The Tennessee Star this week.
The same data showed hospitals throughout the state admitted, in total, 305 patients, including those in ICU, on Tuesday. According to the same data, hospitals admitted fewer patients overall on Wednesday, 218.
TDH spokesman Bill Christian, in an email, however, said 89 hospitals reported their respective data on Tuesday, whereas 76 hospitals reported on Wednesday.
According to The COVID Tracking Project on Friday, Â Tennessee had 4,862 confirmed COVID-19 cases. COVID-19 had killed exactly 98 state residents as of Friday night.
But on the flip side, exact 57,937 Tennesseans tested negative for the virus as of Friday, The COVID Tracking Project reported.
Updated numbers on the TDH’s website Friday night showed the following number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, by county:
• Shelby County: 1,083
• Davidson County: 1,048
• Sumner County: 413
• Williamson County: 299
• Rutherford County: 222
• Knox County: 164
• Wilson County: 129
• Hamilton County: 102
• Montgomery County: 84
• Putnam County: 84
• Robertson County: 73
• Madison County: 56
• Blount County: 45
• Tipton County: 43
• Cumberland County: 39
• Sullivan County: 35
• Washington County: 37
• Maury County: 32
• Bradley County: 31
• Dickson County: 29
• Fayette County: 28
• Greene County: 25
• Hawkins County: 22
• Marion County: 22
• Sevier County: 21
• Grundy County: 19
• Macon County: 19
• Gibson County: 18
• Cheatham County: 17
• Franklin County: 17
• Loudon County: 16
• Bedford County: 15
• Dyer County: 15
• Trousdale County: 14
• Haywood County: 13
• Jefferson County: 13
• Lawrence County: 12
• Anderson County: 11
• Campbell County: 10
• Carroll County: 10
• Coffee County: 10
• Marshall County: 9
• McNairy County: 9
• DeKalb County: 8
• Lauderdale County: 8
• Lincoln County: 8
• Monroe County: 8
• Scott County: 8
• Cannon County: 7
• Hardeman County: 7
• Chester County: 6
• Henry County: 6
• Jackson County: 5
• Morgan County: 5
• Obion County: 5
• Overton County: 5
• Polk County: 5
• Smith County: 5
• Roane County: 5
• Weakley County: 5
• Benton County: 4
• Grainger County: 4
• Hamblen County: 4
• Humphreys County: 4
• McMinn County: 4
• Bledsoe County: 3
• Carter County: 3
• Claiborne County: 3
• Cocke County: 3
• Giles County: 3
• Houston County: 3
• Meigs County: 3
• Perry County: 3
• Stewart County: 3
• Union County: 3
• Warren County: 3
• White County: 3
• Clay County: 2
• Fentress County: 2
• Hardin County: 2
• Henderson County: 2
• Hickman County: 2
• Johnson County: 2
• Lewis County: 2
• Wayne County: 2
• Decatur County: 1
• Sequatchie County: 1
• Unicoi County: 1
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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected].
