There are over 550 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tennessee, according to Monday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, there are 15,544 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 559 additional cases since Sunday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen to 251.
There have been 8,038 recoveries, 510 more since Sunday. 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 1,344 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 273,277 tests have been taken. which is 11,408 since Sunday’s report.
See the entire report and data: TDH-2019-Novel-Coronavirus-May-11