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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received positive test results for one more confirmed case of COVID-19, according a Saturday morning news release from the department. We now have 179 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The most recent case is a 45-year-old female, who is hospitalized. Epidemiology staff are reaching out to people who had close contact with this person.
Three Madison County residents are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, one of those patients is on a ventilator.
The release said 160 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and four people say they are feeling better.
The department released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
ZIP CODE
| Zip Code | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 38305 | 110 | 61% |
| 38301 | 52 | 29% |
| 38356 | 3 | 2% |
| 38391 | 4 | 2% |
| 38366 | 1 | 1% |
| 38343 | 4 | 2% |
| 38313 | 4 | 2% |
| 38392 | 1 | 1% |
GENDER
| Sex | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Female | 97 | 54% |
| Male | 82 | 46% |
RACE
| Race | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Black or African American | 106 | 59% |
| White | 56 | 31% |
| Asian | 5 | 3% |
| Hispanic | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 5 | 3% |
HEALTH STATUS
| Health Status | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Recovered | 160 | 89% |
| Not Recovered | 10 | 6% |
| Better | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 3 | 2% |
| Deaths | 2 | 1% |
AGE
| Age (years) | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 0-10 | 1 | 1% |
| 11-20 | 8 | 4% |
| 21-30 | 22 | 12% |
| 31-40 | 24 | 13.5% |
| 41-50 | 33 | 18.5% |
| 51-60 | 47 | 26% |
| 61-70 | 25 | 14% |
| 71-80 | 14 | 8% |
| 80+ | 5 | 3% |
Find more information about COVID-19 from the Tennessee Department of Health at https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated information and guidanc