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

TENNESSEE – 16,433 active cases (DOWN 452 cases from yesterday) in Tennessee out of 178,140 total cases (up 1,053 cases since yesterday)

• 161,707 recovered (up 1,505 from yesterday)
• 2,164 died (up 13 from yesterday)
• 823 had to be hospitalized (up 9 since yesterday)
• 2,559,192 tested (up 21,469 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 (Thursday, September 17, 2020). INFORMATION IN BOLD INDICATES RISES IN NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS DAY:

ANDERSON – 101 active remaining cases (down 2 cases from yesterday) out of 1,072 total cases (up 9 cases from yesterday), 11 fatalities, 23,114 negative tests

BLEDSOE – 33 active remaining cases (same as yesterday) out of 838 total cases (up 1 case from yesterday), 4 fatalities, 7,156 negative tests

CUMBERLAND – 113 active remaining cases (down 5 cases from yesterday) out of 1,112 total cases (up 12 cases from yesterday), 16 fatalities, 20,204 negative tests

FENTRESS – 86 remaining active cases (up 3 cases from yesterday) out of 382 total cases (up 11 cases from yesterday), 3 fatalities, 3,493 negative tests

KNOX – 1,137 remaining active cases (down 65 cases from yesterday) out of 8,577 total cases (up 93 cases from yesterday), 68 fatalities, 116,035 negative tests

LOUDON – 85 remaining active cases (down 15 cases from yesterday) out of 1,074 total cases (up 3 cases from yesterday), 6 fatalities, 11,512 negative tests

MCMINN – 120 remaining active cases (up 2 cases from yesterday) out of 1,007 total cases (up 13 cases from yesterday), 24 fatalities, 14,649 negative tests

MEIGS – 30 remaining active cases (down 3 cases from yesterday) out of 208 total cases (same as yesterday), 3 fatalities, 2,709 negative tests

MORGAN –  22 remaining active cases (down 4 cases from yesterday) out of 293 total cases (up 4 cases from yesterday), 3 fatalities, 7,533 negative tests

OVERTON – 118 remaining active cases (up 4 cases from yesterday) out of 658 total cases (up 11 cases from yesterday), 3 fatalities, 6,299 negative tests

PICKETT – 12 active cases (same as yesterday) out of 92 total cases (same as yesterday), 2 fatalities, 886 negative tests

PUTNAM – 448 remaining active cases (up 30 cases from yesterday) out of 2,925 total cases (up 62 cases from yesterday), 36 fatalities, 26,617 negative tests

RHEA – 60 remaining active cases (down 1 case from yesterday) out of 754 total case (up 3 cases from yesterday), 11 fatalities, 9,645 negative tests

ROANE – 91 active case (down 5 cases from yesterday) out of 789 total cases (up 8 cases from yesterday), 3 fatalities, 15,772 negative tests

WHITE – 101 remaining active case (up 2 cases from yesterday) out of 728 total cases (up 10 cases from yesterday), 8 fatalities, 8,242 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)

September 6, 2020 – 164,126 (up 1,764 cases)

September 7, 2020 – 165,109 (up 983 cases)

September 8, 2020 – 165,754 (up 645 cases)

September 9, 2020 – 166,587 (up 833 cases)

September 10, 2020 – 168,237 (up 1,650 cases)

September 11, 2020 – 169,859 (up 1,622 cases)

September 12, 2020 – 170,891 (up 1,032 cases)

September 13, 2020 – 171,824 (up 933 cases)

September 14, 2020 – 174,274 (up 2,450 cases)

September 15, 2020 – 175,231 (up 957 cases)

September 16, 2020 – 177,087 (up 1,856 cases)

September 17, 2020 – 178,140 (up 1,053 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

September 6-8, 2020 – 992 cases

September 9, 2020 – 992 cases, 10^th fatality reported this day – 49-year-old female in Crossville

September 10, 2020 – 1,017 cases

September 11, 2020 – 1,036 cases

September 12, 2020 – 1,055 cases

September 13, 2020 – 1,057 cases

September 14, 2020 – 1,070 cases (11^th and 12^th fatalities reported this day)

September 15, 2020 – 1,071 cases, (13^th, 14^th and 15^th fatalities reported this day)

September 16, 2020 – 1,100 cases (16^th fatality reported this day)

September 17, 2020 – 1,112 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

September 6, 2020 – 690 cases

September 7, 2020 – 693 cases

September 8, 2020  – 696 cases

September 9, 2020 – 704 cases

September 10, 2020 – 717 cases

September 11, 2020 – 736 cases

September 12, 2020 – 744 cases

September 13, 2020 – 747 cases

September 14, 2020 – 760 cases

September 15, 2020 – 761 cases

September 16, 2020 – 781 cases

September 17, 2020 – 789 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.