The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report:

TENNESSEE – 17,979 active cases (up 538 cases from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 162,362 total cases (up 1,765 cases since yesterday)

• 144,383 recovered (up 1,227 from yesterday)
• 1,862 died (up 25 from yesterday)
• 846 had to be hospitalized (down 19 since yesterday)
• 2,306,032 tested (up 26,997 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, September 5, 2020). INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS DAY:

ANDERSON – 82 active remaining cases (up 13 cases from yesterday) out of 936 total cases (up 16 cases from yesterday), 8 fatalities, 20,660 negative tests

BLEDSOE – 20 active remaining cases (same as yesterday) out of 798 total cases (up 1 case from yesterday), 4 fatalities, 6,027 negative tests

CUMBERLAND – 221 active remaining cases (down 6 cases from yesterday) out of 985 total cases (up 15 cases from yesterday), 18,350 negative tests, 9 fatalities

FENTRESS – 107 remaining active cases (up 3 cases from yesterday) out of 291 total cases (up 13 cases from yesterday), 3,167 negative tests

KNOX – 1,036 remaining active cases (up 126 cases from yesterday) out of 7,053 total cases (up 190 cases from yesterday), 64 fatalities, 103,372 negative tests

LOUDON – 102 remaining active cases (up 2 cases from yesterday) out of 969 total cases (up 14 cases from yesterday), 4 fatalities, 10,319 negative tests

MCMINN – 113 remaining active cases (up 6 cases from yesterday) out of 856 total cases (up 16 cases from yesterday), 24 fatalities, 12,931 negative tests

MEIGS – 35 remaining active cases (up 1 case from yesterday) out of 175 total cases (up 4 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 2,427 negative tests

MORGAN –  52 remaining active cases (up 2 cases from yesterday) out of 261 total cases (up 5 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 6,719 negative tests

OVERTON – 111 remaining active cases (same as yesterday) out of 528 total cases (up 9 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 5,569 negative tests

PICKETT – 24 active cases (up 2 cases from yesterday) out of 79 total cases (up 6 cases from yesterday), 834 negative tests, 1 fatality

PUTNAM – 332 remaining active cases (up 13 cases from yesterday) out of 2,454 total cases (up 39 cases from yesterday), 31 fatalities, 23,797 negative tests

RHEA – 55 remaining active cases (up 6 cases from yesterday) out of 671 total case (up 8 cases from yesterday), 5 fatalities, 8,399 negative tests

ROANE – 100 active case (down 2 cases from yesterday) out of 674 total cases (up 5 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 14,254 negative tests

WHITE – 141 remaining active case (down 14 cases from yesterday) out of 616 total cases (up 8 cases from yesterday), 7 deaths, 7,218 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 1-31, 2020 – 105,959 to 154,933 (rise of 48,974 cases for month

September 1, 2020 – 156,329 (up 1,396 cases)

September 2, 2020 – 157,831 (up 1,502 cases)

September 3, 2020 – 159,546 (up 1,715 cases)

September 4, 2020 – 160,597 (up 1,051 cases)

September 5, 2020 – 162,362 (up 1,765 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 the 2^nd, 14, and 17, 2020)

August 1-31, 2020 – 365 up to 826 cases (fatalities reported on the 13^th and 24^th)

September 1, 2020 – 831 cases

September 2, 2020 – 856 cases

September 3, 2020 – 944 cases (revised new total)

September 4, 2020 – 970 cases

September 5, 2020 – 985 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 – 7 up to 16 cases

June 1-30, 2020 – 16 up to 46 cases

July 1-31, 2020 – 46 to 330 cases (1^st fatality reported July 25 – 79-year-old U.S. Navy veteran Jimmy Dial)

August 1-31, 2020 – 330 to 651 cases (death reported on 3^rd)

September 1, 2020 – 659 cases

September 2, 2020 – 671 cases

September 3-4, 2020 – 662 cases (revised new total)

September 5, 2020 – 674 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.