There are over 2,020 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tennessee, according to Wednesday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, there are 137,800 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 2,022 additional cases since Tuesday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen by 26 additional deaths to 1,452.
There have been 99,085 recoveries, 2,157 2,189 since Tuesday. 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 6,069 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 1,926,357 tests have been taken, which is 34,482 more since Tuesday’s report.
