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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received positive test results for 11 more confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to Director Kim Tedford and a Friday morning news release from the health department. There are now 433 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
An 82-year-old male Madison County resident died Wednesday, July 8 due to complications from COVID-19.
The newest confirmed cases include:
- 47-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- Unknown male (not hospitalized)
- 66-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 19-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 46-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 55-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 17-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 27-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 53-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 71-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 26-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
The department’s epidemiology staff are still trying to contact some of these individuals, so hospitalization status is unknown at this time. The department are also reaching out to people who had close contact with these cases.
Tedford said 6 Madison County residents are currently hospitalized.
The release said 276 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 19 people say they are feeling better.
You can watch Friday’s media briefing below:
The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
|
Sex |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Female |
243 |
56% |
|
Male |
190 |
44% |
HEALTH STATUS
|
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Recovered |
276 |
64% |
|
Not Recovered |
113 |
26% |
|
Better |
19 |
4% |
|
Unknown |
22 |
5% |
|
Deaths |
3 |
1% |
ZIP CODE
|
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
38305 |
286 |
66% |
|
38301 |
103 |
24% |
|
38356 |
5 |
1% |
|
38391 |
5 |
1% |
|
38366 |
3 |
1% |
|
38343 |
7 |
1.5% |
|
38313 |
9 |
2% |
|
38392 |
1 |
0.25% |
|
38355 |
1 |
0.25% |
|
38362 |
5 |
1% |
|
38006 |
4 |
1% |
|
38302 |
1 |
0.25% |
|
38308 |
1 |
0.25% |
|
Unknown |
2 |
0.5% |
RACE
|
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Black or African American |
189 |
44% |
|
White |
182 |
42% |
|
Asian |
6 |
1% |
|
Hispanic |
20 |
5% |
|
Other/Multiracial |
12 |
3% |
|
Unspecified |
24 |
5% |
AGE
|
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
0-10 |
8 |
2% |
|
11-20 |
44 |
10% |
|
21-30 |
83 |
19% |
|
31-40 |
67 |
16% |
|
41-50 |
66 |
15% |
|
51-60 |
78 |
18% |
|
61-70 |
48 |
11% |
|
71-80 |
26 |
6% |
|
80+ |
9 |
2% |
|
Unknown |
4 |
1% |
Find more information about COVID-19 from the Tennessee Department of Health at https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated information and guidance available online at www.cdc.gov/COVID19.