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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received positive test results for 37 more confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to Director Kim Tedford. There are now 939 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include:
- 29-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 56-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 63-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 27-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 67-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 32-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 3-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 74-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 20-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 24-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 23-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 67-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- Unknown male (not hospitalized)
- 9-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 23-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 25-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 64-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 42-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 13-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 19-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 25-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 55-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 25-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 59-year-old female (hospitalized)
- 44-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 36-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 29-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 25-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 53-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 88-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 19-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 37-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 22-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 34-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 80-year-old female (hospitalized)
- 65-year-old female (not hospitalized)
The department’s epidemiology staff are still trying to contact some of these individuals, so hospitalization status is unknown at this time. The staff is also reaching out to people who had close contact with these cases.
Fifteen Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. Two of those patients are on a ventilator.
Tedford said 646 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 46 people say they are feeling better.
Amy Garner, West Tennessee Healthcare Chief Compliance & Communications Officer, said there are 99 positive cases, from Madison County and outlying counties, with 37 COVID-19 patients in ICU and 24 COVID-19 patients on ventilators. Garner said they are seeing an increase in number of patients from Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Dyer and Madison counties.
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The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
|
Sex |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Female |
539 |
57.4% |
|
Male |
399 |
42.5% |
|
Unknown |
1 |
0.1% |
HEALTH STATUS
|
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Recovered |
646 |
69% |
|
Not Recovered |
179 |
19% |
|
Better |
46 |
5% |
|
Unknown |
54 |
6% |
|
Deaths |
14 |
1% |
ZIP CODE
|
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
38305 |
578 |
62% |
|
38301 |
252 |
27% |
|
38356 |
17 |
2% |
|
38391 |
16 |
2% |
|
38366 |
12 |
1% |
|
38343 |
12 |
1% |
|
38313 |
19 |
2% |
|
38392 |
5 |
0.5% |
|
38355 |
5 |
0.5% |
|
38362 |
11 |
1% |
|
38006 |
4 |
0.4% |
|
38302 |
1 |
0.1% |
|
38308 |
2 |
0.2% |
|
38378 |
1 |
0.1% |
|
Unknown |
4 |
0.4% |
RACE
|
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Black or African American |
338 |
36% |
|
White |
401 |
43% |
|
Asian |
7 |
1% |
|
Hispanic |
39 |
4% |
|
Other/Multiracial |
16 |
2% |
|
Unspecified |
138 |
14% |
AGE
|
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
0-10 |
39 |
4% |
|
11-20 |
90 |
10% |
|
21-30 |
190 |
20% |
|
31-40 |
143 |
15% |
|
41-50 |
131 |
14% |
|
51-60 |
149 |
16% |
|
61-70 |
97 |
10% |
|
71-80 |
58 |
6% |
|
80+ |
36 |
4% |
|
Unknown |
6 |
1% |
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.