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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received positive test results for two more confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to a Sunday morning news release. We now have 238 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include:
- a 73-year-old female (hospitalized)
- a 29-year-old female (not hospitalized)
The department’s epidemiology staff are reaching out to people who had close contact with these cases.
Four Madison County residents are currently hospitalized.
The release said 198 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and eight people say they are feeling better.
The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
HEALTH STATUS
| Health Status | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Recovered | 198 | 83% |
| Not Recovered | 23 | 10% |
| Better | 8 | 3% |
| Unknown | 7 | 3% |
| Deaths | 2 | 1% |
GENDER
| Sex | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Female | 137 | 58% |
| Male | 101 | 42% |
ZIP CODE
| Zip Code | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 38305 | 147 | 61.7% |
| 38301 | 60 | 25.2% |
| 38356 | 5 | 2.1% |
| 38391 | 5 | 2.1% |
| 38366 | 2 | 1% |
| 38343 | 6 | 2.5% |
| 38313 | 4 | 1.6% |
| 38392 | 1 | 0.5% |
| 38355 | 1 | 0.5% |
| 38362 | 3 | 1.2% |
| 38006 | 3 | 1.2% |
| 38302 | 1 | 0.5% |
RACE
| Race | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Black or African American | 130 | 55% |
| White | 78 | 33% |
| Asian | 5 | 2% |
| Hispanic | 4 | 1% |
| Other/Multiracial | 7 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 14 | 6% |
AGE
| Age (years) | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 0-10 | 3 | 1% |
| 11-20 | 13 | 5.5% |
| 21-30 | 37 | 16% |
| 31-40 | 39 | 16% |
| 41-50 | 44 | 18.5% |
| 51-60 | 50 | 21% |
| 61-70 | 30 | 13% |
| 71-80 | 15 | 6% |
| 80+ | 7 | 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 guidance available online at www.cdc.gov/COVID19.