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The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department confirms a 76-year-old male died Aug. 31 and an 88-year-old male died Sept. 1 due to complications from COVID-19, according to Director Kim Tedford. There are now 48 COVID-19 related deaths in Madison County.
The health department received positive test results for 37 more cases of COVID-19. We now have 2,358 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Madison County.
The newest confirmed cases include 14 males, 23 females, and range from ages 11 to 92.
The department’s epidemiology staff are reaching out to these individuals and people who had close contact with these cases.
Twenty-seven Madison County residents are currently hospitalized. Three of those patients are on a ventilator.
Tedford said there have been 247 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths since last Wednesday, August 26.
She said according to the White House Task Force, Tennessee remains in the red zone in cases and is in the yellow zone when it comes to positivity rate.
Tedford said Madison County, which is number two in the red zone, has been averaging 34 new cases a day. She said Dyersburg and Brownsville are also in the red zone.
Tedford said it is also important for employers to make sure that sick employees don’t go to work.
“Please do not work sick,” Tedford said. “It just increases the spread of the virus.”
Amy Garner, West Tennessee Healthcare Chief Compliance & Communications Officer, said there are 113 COVID-19 patients at Jackson Madison County General Hospital, with 35 in ICU and 23 on ventilators.
Jackson Madison County School System Superintendent Marlon King said there are currently four students in isolation, 66 students are in quarantine, nine staff members are in isolation and 26 are in quarantine.
King said the school system is working to get those students who chose in-person learning back in schools this month.
King also said lunch distribution is going on at the schools: meals for Monday and Tuesday can be picked up on Mondays , while meals for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday can be picked up on Wednesdays. The meals are for child or student between 0 and 19 8 years of age.
King also said the school system is working to make meals available for 7 days a week.
You can watch Wednesday’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 |
1281 |
54.3% |
|
Male |
1076 |
45.6% |
|
Unknown |
1 |
0.1% |
HEALTH STATUS
|
Health Status |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Recovered |
1913 |
81% |
|
Not Recovered |
267 |
11% |
|
Better |
86 |
4% |
|
Unknown |
44 |
2% |
|
Deaths |
48 |
2% |
ZIP CODE
|
Zip Code |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
38305 |
1312 |
55.6% |
|
38301 |
808 |
34.3% |
|
38356 |
39 |
1.7% |
|
38391 |
31 |
1.3% |
|
38366 |
32 |
1.3% |
|
38343 |
26 |
1.1% |
|
38313 |
42 |
1.8% |
|
38392 |
12 |
0.5% |
|
38355 |
12 |
0.5% |
|
38362 |
22 |
0.9% |
|
38006 |
4 |
0.2% |
|
38302 |
2 |
0.1% |
|
38308 |
5 |
0.2% |
|
38378 |
1 |
0.1% |
|
Unknown |
10 |
0.4% |
RACE
|
Race |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
Black or African American |
799 |
34% |
|
White |
896 |
38% |
|
Asian |
9 |
0.5% |
|
Hispanic |
64 |
3% |
|
Other/Multiracial |
36 |
1.5% |
|
Unspecified |
554 |
23% |
AGE
|
Age (years) |
Number of Cases |
Percentage |
|
0-10 |
96 |
4% |
|
11-20 |
244 |
10% |
|
21-30 |
465 |
20% |
|
31-40 |
387 |
16.5% |
|
41-50 |
331 |
14% |
|
51-60 |
364 |
15.5% |
|
61-70 |
246 |
10.5% |
|
71-80 |
127 |
5% |
|
80+ |
92 |
4% |
|
Unknown |
6 |
0.5% |
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.