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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms an 80-year-old female died Aug. 1 and a 39-year-old male died July 31 due to complications from COVID-19, according to a Saturday morning news releasefrom the department. This brings the total number of deaths to 17 in Madison County.
The health department received positive test results for 73 more confirmed cases of COVID-19. We now have 1,068 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. Sixteen of the newest cases are inmates at the Madison County Criminal Justice Complex.
The newest confirmed cases include:
- 35-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 65-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 66-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 76-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 23-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 79-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 57-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 26-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 76-year-old male (hospitalized)
- 62-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 47-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 19-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 50-year-old female (hospitalized)
- 41-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 25-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 34-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 56-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 31-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 39-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 13-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 69-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 19-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 37-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 80-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 1-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 35-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 32-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 12-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 44-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 4-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 53-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 61-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 51-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 29-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 59-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 38-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 68-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 55-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 18-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 9-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 48-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 56-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 59-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 82-year-old female (hospitalized)
- 19-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 55-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 23-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 57-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 34-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 20-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 35-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 20-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 30-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 47-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 31-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 30-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 33-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 27-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 27-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 43-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 27-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 33-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 41-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 40-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 18-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 14-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 59-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 9-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 68-year-old male (unknown hospitalization)
- 51-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 11-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
- 32-year-old female (unknown hospitalization)
The department’s epidemiology staff are still trying to contact some 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.
Fifteen Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. Two of those patients are on a ventilator.
The release said 694 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 60 people say they are feeling better.
The department released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
| Sex | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Female | 608 | 57% |
| Male | 459 | 42.9% |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.1% |
HEALTH STATUS
| Health Status | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Recovered | 694 | 65% |
| Not Recovered | 224 | 21% |
| Better | 60 | 5.5% |
| Unknown | 73 | 7% |
| Deaths | 17 | 1.5% |
ZIP CODE
| Zip Code | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 38305 | 653 | 61.1% |
| 38301 | 296 | 27.7% |
| 38356 | 18 | 2% |
| 38391 | 17 | 1.5% |
| 38366 | 15 | 1.4% |
| 38343 | 15 | 1.4% |
| 38313 | 20 | 2% |
| 38392 | 6 | 0.5% |
| 38355 | 5 | 0.4% |
| 38362 | 11 | 1% |
| 38006 | 4 | 0.3% |
| 38302 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 38308 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 38378 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Unknown | 4 | 0.3% |
RACE
| Race | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Black or African American | 374 | 35% |
| White | 443 | 41% |
| Asian | 7 | 1% |
| Hispanic | 43 | 4% |
| Other/Multiracial | 17 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 184 | 17% |
AGE
| Age (years) | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 0-10 | 47 | 4% |
| 11-20 | 105 | 10% |
| 21-30 | 215 | 20% |
| 31-40 | 165 | 15% |
| 41-50 | 147 | 14% |
| 51-60 | 172 | 16% |
| 61-70 | 111 | 10% |
| 71-80 | 63 | 6% |
| 80+ | 37 | 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.