There are over 560 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Tennessee, according to Tuesday’s data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, there are 16,111 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is 567 additional cases since Monday afternoon’s report. The death toll has risen to 265.
There have been 8,336 recoveries, 298 more since Monday. 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 1,363 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 283,924 tests have been taken. which is 10,647 more since Monday’s report.
See the entire report and data: TDH-2019-Novel-Coronavirus-May-12