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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received positive test results for 15 more confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to a Friday morning news release from the department and Director Kim Tedford. There are now 313 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include:
- 54-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 42-year-old female (hospitalized)
- 42-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 24-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 28-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 41-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 38-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 70-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 37-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 73-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 21-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 34-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 43-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 55-year-old male (not hospitalized)
The department’s epidemiology staff are still trying to contact one of these individuals, so hospitalization status is unknown at this time. We are also reaching out to people who had close contact with these cases.
Four Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. One of those patients is on a ventilator.
The release said 211 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 24 people say they are feeling better.
You can watch Friday’s media briefing below:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=264959194795801&id=822231064504221
The department released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
| Sex | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Female | 174 | 56% |
| Male | 139 | 44% |
HEALTH STATUS
| Health Status | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Recovered | 211 | 67% |
| Not Recovered | 64 | 20% |
| Better | 24 | 8% |
| Unknown | 12 | 4% |
| Deaths | 2 | 1% |
ZIP CODE
| Zip Code | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 38305 | 200 | 64% |
| 38301 | 78 | 25% |
| 38356 | 5 | 1.5% |
| 38391 | 5 | 1.5% |
| 38366 | 2 | 0.6% |
| 38343 | 6 | 2% |
| 38313 | 6 | 2% |
| 38392 | 1 | 0.25% |
| 38355 | 1 | 0.25% |
| 38362 | 3 | 1% |
| 38006 | 4 | 1.4% |
| 38302 | 1 | 0.25% |
| 38308 | 1 | 0.25% |
RACE
| Race | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Black or African American | 148 | 47% |
| White | 131 | 42% |
| Asian | 5 | 2% |
| Hispanic | 10 | 3% |
| Other/Multiracial | 8 | 2.5% |
| Unspecified | 11 | 3.5% |
AGE
| Age (years) | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 0-10 | 4 | 1% |
| 11-20 | 25 | 8% |
| 21-30 | 52 | 17% |
| 31-40 | 53 | 17% |
| 41-50 | 55 | 17.5% |
| 51-60 | 61 | 19% |
| 61-70 | 35 | 11% |
| 71-80 | 20 | 6.5% |
| 80+ | 8 | 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.