August 15, 2020 in Health, Local, Regional, Top Stories

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)



CONTACT INFORMATION

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