COVID-19 Claims Lives of Nearly 500 Tennesseans, New Statistics Reveal

 

As of Sunday night Tennessee had 30,432 COVID-19 cases and 475 deaths.

The COVID Tracking Project reported the latest numbers on their website Sunday night. The website also reported that COVID-19 had hospitalized 2,087 Tennesseans and taken the lives of 475 state residents.

Exactly 584,788 Tennesseans had tested negative for the virus, and 19,896 state residents had recovered from it, according to The COVID Tracking Project.

Tennessee Department of Health officials, meanwhile, reported on their website Sunday night that Shelby and Davidson counties continued to have the highest number of confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases.

The numbers, by county, including the following number of cases:

• Shelby County: 6,773

• Davidson County: 6,682

• Rutherford County: 1,719

• Hamilton County: 1,628

• Trousdale County: 1,456

• Sumner County: 1,088

• Lake County: 690

• Williamson County: 686

• Robertson County: 633

• Bledsoe County: 614

• Putnam County: 601

• Knox County: 553

• Wilson County: 515

• Tipton County: 510

• Bedford County: 378

• Montgomery County: 332

• Bradley County: 281

• Sevier County: 233

• Rhea County: 232

• Hardeman County: 217

• Macon County: 204

• Loudon County: 198

• Madison County: 184

• Fayette County: 172

• McMinn County: 165

• Cheatham County: 153

• Maury County: 152

• Dickson County: 135

• Cumberland County: 131

• Blount County: 104

• Coffee County: 94

• Dyer County: 91

• Washington County: 90

• Monroe County: 86

• Hamblen County: 75

• Sullivan County: 70

• Gibson County: 68

• Lawrence County: 64

• Wayne County: 64

• Lauderdale County: 63

• Franklin County: 62

• Hickman County: 61

• Obion County: 61

• Anderson County: 59

• Greene County: 53

• Unicoi County: 53

• Marion County: 49

• White County: 48

• Lincoln County: 47

• Jefferson County: 45

• DeKalb County: 41

• Marshall County: 41

• Smith County: 40

• Haywood County: 37

• Overton County: 37

• Carroll County: 36

• Henry County: 35

• Cannon County: 34

• Hawkins County: 34

• Grundy County: 33

• Hardin County: 33

• Roane County: 33

• Warren County: 33

• Weakley County: 30

• Meigs County: 29

• Polk County: 29

• McNairy County: 27

• Perry County: 27

• Cocke County: 26

• Campbell County: 24

• Johnson County: 24

• Giles County: 22

• Sequatchie County: 22

• Carter County: 20

• Jackson County: 20

• Grainger County: 19

• Morgan County: 19

• Crockett County: 18

• Henderson County: 18

• Humphreys County: 18

• Stewart County: 16

• Claiborne County: 15

• Decatur County: 14

• Fentress County: 14

• Scott County: 14

• Chester County: 12

• Clay County: 11

• Houston County: 10

• Benton County: 8

• Union County: 8

• Lewis County: 6

• Moore County: 5

• Pickett County: 4

• Van Buren County: 4

• Hancock County: 1

As The Tennessee Star reported last week, Davidson County has had an increase in COVID-19 cases as a result of increased testing. This, according to Metro Public Health Department spokesman Brian Todd.

Also, as The Star reported,  the people in Nashville who either attended or marched at any of the recent rallies honoring George Floyd are at risk of catching COVID-19. This, according to Meharry Medical College President James Hildreth. Nashville Mayor John Cooper, however, said no evidence shows the recent demonstrations caused additional COVID-19 outbreaks.

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