There are 1,425 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tennessee, according to Saturday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
As of 2 p.m. Saturday, there are 50,140 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 1,428 additional cases since Friday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen to 637.
There have been 30,043 recoveries, 452 more since Friday. 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 2,860 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 878,230 tests have been taken, which is 16,109 more since Friday’s report.