A female Madison County resident with COVID-19 had come back from Spring Break in Miami, Florida, when she began to feel sick and went to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital Sunday, according to Kim Tedford, director of the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department.
The Madison County woman with COVID-19 is 23 years old and had traveled alone to Miami, Florida for Spring Break. She returned to Madison County and was feeling sick so she self-isolated herself until Saturday, when she became feverish. The woman then went to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital’s emergency room, where she was tested, treated and sent home Sunday. She was told to self-isolate, which she and her family, who she lives with, have done and continue to do so.
The JMC Regional Health Department was notified by the Tennessee Department of Health State Public Health Laboratory at 5:52 p.m. Monday of the positive COVID-19 case in Madison County. The health department let the public know during an 8 p.m. media briefing.
“This patient has done everything we’ve asked everyone in the community to do,” Kim Tedford, director of the JMC Regional Health Department, said.
Tedford urges people to stay at home, only go out if it’s necessary and continue to follow the CDC’s guidelines.