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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms an 85-year-old male died Nov. 8 due to complications from COVID-19. This brings the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 89 in Madison County.
The health department received positive test results for 151 more cases of COVID-19. There are now 4,669 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases range from ages 2 to 97.
The department will be host a media briefing at 2 p.m. Friday.
There have been 436 COVID-19 cases reported since Sunday, Nov. 8 and 656 cases reported since the last media briefing Wednesday, November 4.
The department’s epidemiology staff are reaching out to these individuals and people who had close contact with these cases.
Twenty-two Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. Five 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 |
2595 |
55.6% |
Male |
2037 |
43.6% |
Unknown |
37 |
0.8% |
HEALTH STATUS
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
Recovered |
3921 |
84% |
Not Recovered |
112 |
2.4% |
Better |
203 |
4.3% |
Unknown |
344 |
7.4% |
Deaths |
89 |
1.9% |
ZIP CODE
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
38305 |
2801 |
60% |
38301 |
1349 |
28.9% |
38356 |
68 |
1.5% |
38391 |
49 |
1.1% |
38366 |
85 |
1.8% |
38343 |
46 |
1% |
38313 |
104 |
2.2% |
38392 |
35 |
0.7% |
38355 |
17 |
0.4% |
38362 |
48 |
1% |
38006 |
4 |
0.1% |
38302 |
6 |
0.1% |
38308 |
10 |
0.2% |
38378 |
2 |
.05% |
38351 |
1 |
.05% |
Unknown |
44 |
0.9% |
RACE
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
Black or African American |
1282 |
27.5% |
White |
1896 |
40.6% |
Asian |
15 |
0.3% |
Hispanic |
96 |
2.1% |
Other/Multiracial |
84 |
1.8% |
Unspecified |
1296 |
27.7% |
AGE
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
0-10 |
215 |
4.6% |
11-20 |
579 |
12.4% |
21-30 |
822 |
17.6% |
31-40 |
697 |
14.9% |
41-50 |
664 |
14.2% |
51-60 |
676 |
14.5% |
61-70 |
484 |
10.4% |
71-80 |
282 |
6% |
80+ |
206 |
4.4% |
Unknown |
44 |
1% |
Find more information about COVID-19 from the Tennessee Department of Health at https://covid19.tn.gov/. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated information and guidance available online at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.