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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms a 55-year-old male died Oct. 1 due to complications from COVID-19, according to Director Kim Tedford. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 72 in Madison County.
The health department received positive test results for 45 more cases of COVID-19. We now have 3,420 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include 15 males, 21 females, 9 unknowns and range from ages 10 to 79.
The department’s epidemiology staff are reaching out to these individuals and people who had close contact with these cases.
Four Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. One of those patients is on a ventilator.
You can watch Wednesday’s media briefing below:
The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
|
Sex |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Female |
1892 |
55.3% |
|
Male |
1517 |
44.4% |
|
Unknown |
11 |
0.3% |
HEALTH STATUS
|
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Recovered |
3108 |
90.9% |
|
Not Recovered |
42 |
1.2% |
|
Better |
72 |
2.1% |
|
Unknown |
126 |
3.7% |
|
Deaths |
72 |
2.1% |
ZIP CODE
|
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
38305 |
1987 |
58.1% |
|
38301 |
1056 |
30.9% |
|
38356 |
57 |
1.6% |
|
38391 |
41 |
1.2% |
|
38366 |
50 |
1.4% |
|
38343 |
36 |
1% |
|
38313 |
64 |
1.9% |
|
38392 |
23 |
0.7% |
|
38355 |
16 |
0.5% |
|
38362 |
41 |
1.2% |
|
38006 |
4 |
0.1% |
|
38302 |
2 |
0.1% |
|
38308 |
7 |
0.2% |
|
38378 |
2 |
0.1% |
|
Unknown |
34 |
1% |
RACE
|
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Black or African American |
1040 |
30% |
|
White |
1439 |
42% |
|
Asian |
12 |
0.5% |
|
Hispanic |
82 |
2.5% |
|
Other/Multiracial |
70 |
2% |
|
Unspecified |
777 |
23% |
AGE
|
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
0-10 |
149 |
4.3% |
|
11-20 |
444 |
13% |
|
21-30 |
642 |
18.8% |
|
31-40 |
514 |
15% |
|
41-50 |
465 |
13.6% |
|
51-60 |
495 |
14.5% |
|
61-70 |
361 |
10.6% |
|
71-80 |
196 |
5.7% |
|
80+ |
131 |
3.8% |
|
Unknown |
23 |
0.7% |
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.