Over 75 Tennesseeans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus have died and over 590 have recovered, according to Wednesday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health, which featured new categories like race and sex.
As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, there have been 79 COVID-19 deaths in Tennessee and 592 recoveries. The department said it defines recoveries as people who have been confirmed to be asymptomatic by their local or regional health department and have completed their required isolation period or are at least 21 days beyond the first test confirming their illness.
The department also said 4,138 positive COVID-19 cases have been reported and a total of 449 people with COVID-19 have been hospitalized, but the department noted that while the number indicates the number of patients that were ever hospitalized during their illness, it does not indicate the number of patients currently hospitalized.
A total of 52,256 tests have come back negative from private and state labs and a total of 56,618 tests have been taken.
The department also released new categories of stats Wednesday: race, sex and percentage.
According to Wednesday’s data, 1,140 white Tennesseans with COVID-19 make up 26.13 percent of the cases, while 320 black or African-American Tennesseans make up 7.34 percent of the cases. The data also showed that 106 Tennesseans with COVID-19 who are other or multiracial make up 2.43 percent of the cases while 32 COVID-19 positive Asian Tennesseeans make up 0.73 percent of the state’s cases. The data showed that 155 COVID-19 Hispanic Tennesseans make up 3.55 percent of the state’s COVID-19 cases.
The data also showed that 2,764 cases, which makes up 63.37 percent of the state’s cases, are pending.
The age range with the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 is the 21-30 age range with 943 confirmed cases, with the 51 to 60 age range the second-highest age range with 803 confirmed cases. The lowest age range of confirmed cases is 0-10 range with 53 confirmed cases, with the 80+ age range the second-lowest age range with 143 confirmed cases.
The data showed that female Tennesseans make up 51.51 percent of confirmed cases with 2,247 cases, while male Tennesseans make up 46.49 percent of confirmed cases with 2,028 cases. There are 87 cases (1.99 percent) of cases pending.
Tennessee remains under a mandatory, 14-day Stay At Home executive order from Gov. Bill Lee.