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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received positive test results for 23 more confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to a Sunday morning news release from the department. There are now 658 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include:
- 52-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 52-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 34-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 19-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 57-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 17-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 22-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 32-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 26-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 61-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 24-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 40-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 24-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 16-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 23-year-old male (not hospitalized)
- 29-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 19-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 17-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 28-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 24-year-old male (hospitalization unknown)
- 52-year-old female (not hospitalized)
- 72-year-old female (hospitalization unknown)
- 46-year-old female (hospitalized)
The department’s epidemiology staff are still trying to contact some of these individuals, so hospitalization status is unknown at this time. It is also reaching out to people who had close contact with these cases.
Eleven Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. Three of those patients are on a ventilator.
The release said 420 Madison County residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 31 people say they are feeling better.
The department also released the following demographic information about Madison County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
GENDER
| Sex | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Female | 382 | 58% |
| Male | 276 | 42% |
HEALTH STATUS
| Health Status | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Recovered | 420 | 64% |
| Not Recovered | 169 | 26% |
| Better | 31 | 5% |
| Unknown | 30 | 4% |
| Deaths | 8 | 1% |
ZIP CODE
| Zip Code | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 38305 | 416 | 63% |
| 38301 | 162 | 25% |
| 38356 | 12 | 2% |
| 38391 | 12 | 2% |
| 38366 | 7 | 1% |
| 38343 | 12 | 2% |
| 38313 | 15 | 2% |
| 38392 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 38355 | 3 | 0.5% |
| 38362 | 9 | 1.5% |
| 38006 | 4 | 1% |
| 38302 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 38308 | 1 | 0.1% |
| Unknown | 3 | 0.5% |
RACE
| Race | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| Black or African American | 250 | 38% |
| White | 292 | 44% |
| Asian | 7 | 1% |
| Hispanic | 33 | 5% |
| Other/Multiracial | 13 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 63 | 10% |
AGE
| Age (years) | Number of Cases | Percentage |
| 0-10 | 20 | 3% |
| 11-20 | 68 | 10% |
| 21-30 | 136 | 21% |
| 31-40 | 91 | 14% |
| 41-50 | 95 | 14% |
| 51-60 | 113 | 17% |
| 61-70 | 70 | 11% |
| 71-80 | 35 | 5% |
| 80+ | 25 | 4% |
| Unknown | 5 | 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.