Over 8,700 Tennesseans have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to Friday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
As of 2 p.m. Friday, there are 8,726 confirmed cases of COVID-19, while the death toll has risen to 168.
There have been 4,370 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.
A total of 808 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 131,298 tests have been taken.
According to Friday’s data, 3,803 white Tennesseans with COVID-19 make up 43.6 percent of the cases, while 1,705 black or African-American Tennesseans make up 19.5 percent of the cases. The data also showed that 531 Tennesseans with COVID-19 who are other or multiracial make up 6.1 percent of the cases while 183 COVID-19 positive Asian Tennesseans make up 2.1 percent of the state’s cases. The data showed that 652 COVID-19 positive Hispanic or Latino Tennesseans make up 7.5 percent of the state’s COVID-19 cases.
The age range with the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 is the 21-30 age range with 1,671 confirmed cases, with the 51-60 age range the second-highest age range with 1,480 confirmed cases. The lowest age range of confirmed cases is 0-10 range with 130 confirmed cases, with the 81+ age range the second-lowest age range with 274 confirmed cases.
The 81+ age range has the most reported deaths, with 55 deaths reported, followed by 45 deaths in the 71-80 age range and 40 deaths in the 61-70 age group. The only age group with no reported deaths is the 11-20 age group, followed by age groups 0-10, 21-30 and 31-40 with one death reported in each age group.
The data showed that female Tennesseans make up 46.5 percent of confirmed cases with 4,059 cases, while male Tennesseans make up 50.6 percent of confirmed cases with 4,412 cases. There are 261 cases (3.2 percent) pending.
See the entire report and data: TDH-2019-Novel-Coronavirus-April-24