TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2020

The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report:
TENNESSEE – 39,647 (up 512 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 131,747 total cases (up 1,289 cases since yesterday)
- 92,100 recovered (up 777 since yesterday)
- 1,345 died (up 19 from yesterday)
- 5,813 had to be hospitalized (up 88 since yesterday)
- 1,827,520 tested (up 17,620 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 (Saturday, August 15, 2020). INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS DAY:
ANDERSON – 240 active remaining cases (up 4 cases from yesterday) out of 754 total cases (up 11 cases from yesterday), 6 fatalities, 16,607 negative tests
BLEDSOE – 91 active remaining cases (up 12 cases from yesterday) of 746 total cases (up 12 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 4,946 negative tests
CUMBERLAND – 225 active remaining cases (up 32 cases from yesterday) out of 561 total cases (up 31 cases from yesterday), 13,673 negative tests, 7 deaths
FENTRESS – 58 remaining active cases (up 12 cases from yesterday) out of 119 total cases (up 13 cases from yesterday), 2,351 negative tests
KNOX – 1,862 remaining active cases (up 25 cases from yesterday) out of 5,123 total cases (up 72 cases from yesterday), 42 fatalities, 83,431 negative tests
LOUDON – 254 remaining active cases (up 10 case from yesterday) out of 799 total cases (up 11 cases from yesterday), 3 fatalities, 8,103 negative tests
MCMINN – 155 remaining active cases (up 2 cases from yesterday) out of 596 total cases (up 5 cases from yesterday), 20 fatalities, 9,661 negative tests
MEIGS – 27 remaining active cases (down 2 cases from yesterday) out of 115 total cases (same as yesterday), 1,861 negative tests
MORGAN – 66 remaining active cases (down 3 cases from yesterday) out of 140 total cases (up 5 cases from yesterday), 1 death, 5,191 negative tests
OVERTON – 149 remaining active cases (up 20 cases from yesterday) out of 270 total cases (up 20 cases from yesterday), 1 fatality, 4,302 negative tests
PICKETT – 17 active cases (same as yesterday) out of 40 total (same as yesterday), 710 negative tests, 1 fatality
PUTNAM – 529 remaining active cases (up 19 cases from yesterday) out of 1,936 total cases (up 4 cases from yesterday), 20 fatalities, 19,258 negative tests
RHEA – 115 remaining active case (down 1 case from yesterday) out of 576 total case (up 2 cases from yesterday), 2 deaths, 6,146 negative tests
ROANE – 227 active case (up 5 cases from yesterday) out of 524 total cases (up 8 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 11,437 negative tests
WHITE – 159 remaining active case (up 7 cases from yesterday) out of 335 total cases (up 8 cases from yesterday), 5 deaths, 5,019 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)
August 8, 2020 – 120,585 (up 1,803 cases)
August 9, 2020 – 122,712 (up 2,127 cases)
August 10, 2020 – 123,914 (up 1,202 cases)
August 11, 2020 – 124,915 (up 1,001 cases)
August 12, 2020 – 126,393 (up 1,478 cases)
August 13, 2020 – 128,511 (up 2,118 cases)
August 14, 2020 – 130,458 (up 1,947 cases)
August 15, 2020 – 131,747 (up 1,289 cases)
CORONAVIRUS TOTAL CASES IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY (running count)
March 19-31, 2020 – 11 cases
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
August 8, 2020 – 450 cases
August 9, 2020 – 457 cases
August 10, 2020 – 458 cases
August 11, 2020 – 463 cases
August 12, 2020 – 483 cases
August 13, 2020 – 502 cases (7th fatality reported this day)
August 14, 2020 – 530 cases
August 15, 2020 – 561 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
August 8, 2020 – 461 cases
August 9, 2020 – 475 cases
August 10, 2020 – 485 cases
August 11, 2020 – 488 cases
August 12, 2020 – 496 cases
August 13, 2020 – 510 cases
August 14, 2020 – 516 cases
August 15, 2020 – 524 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 – (Report as of August 15, 2020)
Good Samaritan Society in Fairfield Glade – 4 staff (same as yesterday), 0 residents
Life Care Center of Crossville – 2 staff (same as yesterday), 0 residents
Wyndridge in Crossville– 11 staff (up 1 case from yesterday), 0 residents
(ANY staff member that tests positive is quarantined and away from the residents)