TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 REPORT – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020
The following is from today’s Tennessee Department of Health COVID-19 report:
TENNESSEE – 38,548 (DOWN 634 cases from yesterday) active cases in Tennessee out of 114,098 total cases (up 1,657 cases since yesterday)
- 75,550 recovered (up 2,291 since yesterday)
- 1,144 died (up 27 from yesterday)
- 5,001 had to be hospitalized (up 101 since yesterday)
- 1,610,604 tested (up 19,294 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 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020). Information in BOLD indicates rises in numbers:
ANDERSON – 257 active remaining cases (down 18 cases from yesterday) out of 637 total cases (up 7 cases from yesterday), 6 fatalities, 14,391 negative tests
BLEDSOE – 34 active remaining cases (down 1 case from yesterday) of 674 total cases (same as yesterday), 1 fatality, 4,532 negative tests
CUMBERLAND – 134 active remaining cases (up 3 cases from yesterday) out of 397 total cases (up 12 cases from yesterday), 12,072 negative tests, 6 deaths
FENTRESS – 35 remaining active cases (same as yesterday) out of 76 total cases (same as yesterday), 2,048 negative tests
KNOX – 1,841 remaining active cases (down 33 cases from yesterday) out of 4,186 total cases (up 78 cases from yesterday), 38 fatalities, 71,943 negative tests
LOUDON – 287 remaining active cases (down 4 cases from yesterday) out of 686 total cases (up 4 cases from yesterday), 3 fatalities, 6,950 negative tests
MCMINN – 125 remaining active cases (down 9 cases from yesterday) out of 498 total cases (up 5 cases from yesterday), 20 fatalities, 8,299 negative tests
MEIGS – 44 remaining active cases (down 3 cases from yesterday) out of 99 total cases (same as yesterday), 1,698 negative tests
MORGAN – 44 remaining active cases (up 3 cases from yesterday) out of 94 total cases (up 3 cases from yesterday), 1 death, 4,781 negative tests
OVERTON – 43 remaining active cases (up 1 case from yesterday) out of 141 total cases (up s cases from yesterday), 1 fatality, 3,746 negative tests
PICKETT – 15 active cases (up 1 case from yesterday) out of 27 total (up 2 cases from yesterday), 643 negative tests, 1 fatality
PUTNAM – 435 remaining active cases (up 21 cases from yesterday) out of 1,646 total cases (up 45 cases from yesterday), 13 fatalities, 16,933 negative tests
RHEA – 122 remaining active case (down 16 cases from yesterday) out of 514 total case (up 3 cases from yesterday), 1 fatality, 5,439 negative tests
ROANE – 213 active case (down 7 cases from yesterday) out of 398 total cases (up 6 cases from yesterday), 2 fatalities, 9,930 negative tests
WHITE – 104 remaining active case (up 21 cases from yesterday) out of 232 total cases (up 27 cases from yesterday), 3 deaths, 4,439 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)
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
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
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.
