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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received positive test results for 28 more confirmed cases of COVID-19, Director Kim Tedford said during a press conference Wednesday morning. We now have 288 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. Last Wednesday, there were only 209 COVID-19 cases.
The newest confirmed cases include:
- 39-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 38-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 20-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 19-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 18-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 16-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 58-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- Unknown female (hospitalization unknown)
- 20-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 6-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 36-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 18-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 20-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 33-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 47-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 53-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 61-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 20-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 23-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 30-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 18-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 27-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 79-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 43-year-old male (not hospitalized)
Epidemiology staff are still trying to contact some of these individuals, so hospitalization status is unknown at this time. We are also reaching out to people who had close contact with these cases.
Six Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. One of those patients is on a ventilator.
Tedford said there are people in the hospital fighting for their lives and that the community must do its part to flatten the curve by wearing their masks, social distancing and washing their hands.
“We’ve got to do better,” Tedford said.
Tedford also said there are several cases of Community spread: two churches have numerous positive cases and several businesses have two or more cases and several young people have tested positive.
The department said 208 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 19 people say they are feeling better.
Officials said they are talking about making wearing masks mandatory and that you can expect the mandate to come in the coming days.
You can watch Wednesday press conference below:
https://www.facebook.com/JMCRHD/videos/277368586705506/
The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
|
Sex |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Female |
161 |
56% |
|
Male |
127 |
44% |
HEALTH STATUS
|
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Recovered |
208 |
72% |
|
Not Recovered |
51 |
18% |
|
Better |
19 |
6% |
|
Unknown |
8 |
3% |
|
Deaths |
2 |
1% |
ZIP CODE
|
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
38305 |
181 |
63% |
|
38301 |
72 |
25% |
|
38356 |
5 |
2% |
|
38391 |
5 |
2% |
|
38366 |
2 |
0.7% |
|
38343 |
6 |
2% |
|
38313 |
6 |
2% |
|
38392 |
1 |
0.25% |
|
38355 |
1 |
0.25% |
|
38362 |
3 |
1% |
|
38006 |
4 |
1.3% |
|
38302 |
1 |
0.25% |
|
38308 |
1 |
0.25% |
RACE
|
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Black or African American |
143 |
50% |
|
White |
111 |
38% |
|
Asian |
5 |
2% |
|
Hispanic |
10 |
3% |
|
Other/Multiracial |
8 |
3% |
|
Unspecified |
11 |
4% |
AGE
|
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
0-10 |
4 |
1% |
|
11-20 |
23 |
8% |
|
21-30 |
47 |
16% |
|
31-40 |
50 |
17% |
|
41-50 |
48 |
17% |
|
51-60 |
56 |
19.5% |
|
61-70 |
34 |
12% |
|
71-80 |
17 |
6% |
|
80+ |
8 |
3% |
|
Unknown |
1 |
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.