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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms a 44-year-old female died Aug. 6 due to complications from COVID-19, according to Director Kim Tedford. This brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 22 in Madison County.
The health department received positive test results for 35 more cases of COVID-19. We now have 1,345 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include 14 males, 21 females, and range from ages 16 to 91.
The department’s epidemiology staff are reaching out to these individuals and people who had close contact with these cases.
Fourteen Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. One of those patients is on a ventilator.
There are 903 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 54 people say they are feeling better.
You can watch Friday’s media briefing below:
https://www.facebook.com/JMCRHD/videos/756984451783096/
The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
|
Sex |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Female |
721 |
53.6% |
|
Male |
623 |
46.3% |
|
Unknown |
1 |
0.1% |
HEALTH STATUS
|
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Recovered |
903 |
67% |
|
Not Recovered |
295 |
22% |
|
Better |
54 |
4% |
|
Unknown |
71 |
5% |
|
Deaths |
22 |
2% |
ZIP CODE
|
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
38305 |
770 |
57.2% |
|
38301 |
435 |
32.3% |
|
38356 |
25 |
2% |
|
38391 |
19 |
1.4% |
|
38366 |
16 |
1.1% |
|
38343 |
16 |
1.1% |
|
38313 |
25 |
2% |
|
38392 |
6 |
0.4% |
|
38355 |
5 |
0.3% |
|
38362 |
13 |
1% |
|
38006 |
4 |
0.3% |
|
38302 |
1 |
0.1% |
|
38308 |
3 |
0.2% |
|
38378 |
1 |
0.1% |
|
Unknown |
6 |
0.4% |
RACE
|
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Black or African American |
440 |
33% |
|
White |
482 |
36% |
|
Asian |
8 |
1% |
|
Hispanic |
45 |
3% |
|
Other/Multiracial |
17 |
1% |
|
Unspecified |
353 |
26% |
AGE
|
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
0-10 |
53 |
4% |
|
11-20 |
131 |
10% |
|
21-30 |
285 |
21% |
|
31-40 |
224 |
17% |
|
41-50 |
179 |
13% |
|
51-60 |
209 |
15.5% |
|
61-70 |
136 |
10% |
|
71-80 |
74 |
5.5% |
|
80+ |
48 |
3.5% |
|
Unknown |
6 |
0.5% |
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.