Thursday 16th May 2024

TN DEPT. OF HEALTH REPORTS OVER 340 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 AND OVER 570 NEW RECOVERIES

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There are over 340 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tennessee, according to Wednesday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.

As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, there are 21, 306 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 341 additional cases since Tuesday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen to 353.

There have been 13,916 recoveries,  572 more since Tuesday. 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 1,647 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 409,6304 tests have been taken, which is 6,126 more since Tuesday’s report.

You can see the full report at the following link:

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