There are over 1,290 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tennessee, according to Sunday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
As of 2 p.m. Sunday, there are 51, 431 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 1,291 additional cases since Saturday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen to 646.
There have been 30,254 recoveries, 211 more since Saturday. 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 2,871 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 895,796 tests have been taken, which is 17,566 more since Saturday’s report.