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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms an 85-year-old male died Aug. 21 due to complications from COVID-19, according to a Saturday morning news release from the department. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 34 in Madison County.
The health department received positive test results for 42 more cases of COVID-19. We now have 2,002 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include 16 males, 26 females, and range from ages 18 to 84.
The department’s epidemiology staff is reaching out to these individuals and people who had close contact with these cases.
Twenty Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. Two of those patients are on a ventilator.
The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
|
Sex |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Female |
1082 |
54% |
|
Male |
918 |
45.9% |
|
Unknown |
2 |
0.1% |
HEALTH STATUS
|
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Recovered |
1481 |
74% |
|
Not Recovered |
326 |
16% |
|
Better |
98 |
5% |
|
Unknown |
63 |
3% |
|
Deaths |
34 |
2% |
ZIP CODE
|
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
38305 |
1084 |
54.1% |
|
38301 |
717 |
35.8% |
|
38356 |
36 |
1.8% |
|
38391 |
25 |
1.25% |
|
38366 |
25 |
1.25% |
|
38343 |
24 |
1.2% |
|
38313 |
32 |
1.6% |
|
38392 |
8 |
0.4% |
|
38355 |
10 |
0.5% |
|
38362 |
19 |
1% |
|
38006 |
4 |
0.2% |
|
38302 |
2 |
0.1% |
|
38308 |
5 |
0.2% |
|
38378 |
1 |
0.1% |
|
Unknown |
10 |
0.5% |
RACE
|
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Black or African American |
637 |
32% |
|
White |
680 |
34% |
|
Asian |
9 |
0.5% |
|
Hispanic |
53 |
3% |
|
Other/Multiracial |
29 |
1.5% |
|
Unspecified |
594 |
29% |
AGE
|
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
0-10 |
79 |
4% |
|
11-20 |
204 |
10% |
|
21-30 |
406 |
20.25% |
|
31-40 |
339 |
17% |
|
41-50 |
278 |
14% |
|
51-60 |
311 |
16% |
|
61-70 |
207 |
10% |
|
71-80 |
105 |
5.25% |
|
80+ |
67 |
3% |
|
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.