TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020

The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report:
TENNESSEE – 39,425 (up 633 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 118,782 total cases (up 2,432 cases since yesterday)
- 79,357 recovered (up 1,799 since yesterday)
- 1,206 died (up 20 from yesterday)
- 5,190 had to be hospitalized (up 81 since yesterday)
- 1,660,337 tested (up 26,695 since yesterday)
To see the complete list of counties in the state, click on the following link:
https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/health/cedep/ncov/data.html
(Deaths in counties are added to the recovered then that total is subtracted from the total cases to get an accurate number of remaining active cases)
The following counties in the coverage area report the following as of today (Friday, August 7, 2020). Information in BOLD indicates rises in numbers:
ANDERSON – 261 active remaining cases (up 6 cases from yesterday) out of 668 total cases (up 17 cases from yesterday), 6 fatalities, 14,948 negative tests
BLEDSOE – 49 active remaining cases (up 4 case from yesterday) of 690 total cases (up 4 cases from yesterday), 1 fatality, 4,585 negative tests
CUMBERLAND – 137 active remaining cases (up 7 cases from yesterday) out of 412 total cases (up 14 cases from yesterday), 12,369 negative tests, 6 deaths
FENTRESS – 44 remaining active cases (up 7 cases from yesterday) out of 88 total cases (up 9 cases from yesterday), 2,117 negative tests
KNOX – 1,849 remaining active cases (up 6 cases from yesterday) out of 4,407 total cases (up 109 cases from yesterday), 37 fatalities, 74,639 negative tests
LOUDON – 285 remaining active cases (down 8 cases from yesterday) out of 718 total cases (up 13 cases from yesterday), 3 fatalities, 7,271 negative tests
MCMINN – 139 remaining active cases (up 7 cases from yesterday) out of 524 total cases (up 15 cases from yesterday), 20 fatalities, 8,627 negative tests
MEIGS – 39 remaining active cases (up 1 case from yesterday) out of 101 total cases (up 2 cases from yesterday), 1,741 negative tests
MORGAN – 48 remaining active cases (up 3 cases from yesterday) out of 103 total cases (up 5 cases from yesterday), 1 death, 4,894 negative tests
OVERTON – 74 remaining active cases (up 18 cases from yesterday) out of 175 total cases (up 20 cases from yesterday), 1 fatality, 3,887 negative tests
PICKETT – 15 active cases (down 1 case from yesterday) out of 31 total (up 1 case from yesterday), 655 negative tests, 1 fatality
PUTNAM – 452 remaining active cases (up 16 cases from yesterday) out of 1,717 total cases (up 40 cases from yesterday), 17 fatalities, 17,341 negative tests
RHEA – 119 remaining active case (down 2 cases from yesterday) out of 522 total case (up 5 cases from yesterday), 1 fatality, 5,658 negative tests
ROANE – 220 active case (down 9 cases from yesterday) out of 433 total cases (up 10 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 10,349 negative tests
WHITE – 128 remaining active case (up 18 cases from yesterday) out of 273 total cases (up 27 cases from yesterday), 5 deaths, 4,597 negative tests
CORONAVIRUS CONFIRMED TOTAL CASES IN TENNESSEE (since Tennessee Department of Health started their daily reports)
March 11-31, 2020 – 9 cases to 2,239 (rise of 2,230 cases for month)
April 1-30, 2020 – 2,239 to 11,891 (rise of 9,652 cases for month)
May 1-31, 2020 – 11,891 to 23,554 (rise of 11,663 cases for month)
June 1-30, 2020 – 23,554 to 43,509 (rise of 19,955 cases for month)
July 1-31, 2020 – 43,509 to 105,959 (rise of 64,450 cases for month)
August 1, 2020 – 108,184 (up 2,225 cases)
August 2, 2020 – 109,627 (up 1,443 cases)
August 3, 2020 – 110,636 (up 1,009 cases)
August 4, 2020 – 112,441 (up 1,805 cases)
August 5, 2020 – 114,098 (up 1,657 cases)
August 6, 2020 – 116,350 (up 2,252 cases)
August 7, 2020 – 118,782 (up 2,432 cases)
CORONAVIRUS TOTAL CASES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY (running count)
March 19-31, 2020 – 11
April 1-27, 2020 – 14 up to 68 cases
April 28, 2020 – 70, 1 fatality reported, elderly female from Crab Orchard
April 29-May 3, 2020 – 70 up to 80 cases
May 4-31, 2020 – 84 up to 116 cases
June 1-30, 2020 – 116 up to 168 cases (second fatality reported with elderly female from Fairfield Glade on June 4 and third fatality reported June 17 with elderly male in Fairfield Glade)
July 1-31, 2020 – 173 up to 365 cases (fatalities reported on July 2, 14, and 17, 2020)
August 1, 2020 – 374 cases
August 2, 2020 – 375 cases
August 3, 2020 – 379 cases
August 4, 2020 – 385 cases
August 5, 2020 – 397 cases
August 6, 2020 – 398 cases
August 7, 2020 – 412 cases
The Tennessee Department of Health says if a total number drops it is because a case was re-classified as another illness instead of COVID-19.
CORONAVIRUS TOTAL CASES IN ROANE COUNTY (running count)
March 21-31, 2020 – 1 up to 2 cases
April 1- May 3, 2020 – 2 up to 7 cases
May 4-31, 2020 – 8 up to 16 cases
June 1-30, 2020 – 16 up to 44 cases
July 1, 2020 – 46 cases to 330 cases (1st fatality reported July 25 – 79-year-old U.S. Navy veteran Jimmy Dial)
August 1, 2020 – 347 cases
August 2, 2020 – 356 cases
August 3, 2020 – 364 cases (2nd fatality reported, male in his 80’s from Kingston)
August 4, 2020 – 392 cases (passes Cumberland County this day on total cases)
August 5, 2020 – 398 cases
August 6, 2020 – 423 cases
August 7, 2020 – 433 cases
The Tennessee Department of Health says if a total number drops it is because a case was re-classified as another illness instead of COVID-19.
ASSISTED LIVING COVID-19 CASES IN CUMBERLAND AND ROANE COUNTY- (New to page – Report as of August 7, 2020)
Good Samaritan Society in Fairfield Glade – (4 staff, 0 residents)
Life Care Center of Crossville – (2 staff, 0 residents)
Wyndridge in Crossville– (10 staff, 0 residents)
(ANY staff member that tests positive is quarantined and away from the residents)