There are over 1,635 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tennessee, according to Friday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
As of 2 p.m. Friday, there are 150,815 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 1,636 additional cases since Thursday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen by 28 additional deaths to 1,701.
There have been 113,313 recoveries, 1,897 more since Thursday. The department said it defines recoveries as people who have been confirmed to be asymptomatic by their local or regional health department and have completed their required isolation period or are at least 21 days beyond the first test confirming their illness.
A total of 6,751 people with COVID-19 have been hospitalized, but the department noted that while the number indicates the number of patients that were ever hospitalized during their illness, it does not indicate the number of patients currently hospitalized.
A total of 2,152,4015 tests have been taken, which is 227,222 more since Thursday’s report.
