There are over 930 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 37,235 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 932 additional cases since Tuesday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen to 556.
There have been 24,693 recoveries, 625 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 2,386 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 718,038 tests have been taken, which is 12,874 more since Tuesday’s report.
You can read the entire report in the following link: TDH-2019-Novel-Coronavirus-Epi-and-Surveillance-June-24