Tennessee Coronavirus Cases Jump To 505 As Health Crisis Worsens

  • Sunday, March 22, 2020

Tennessee coronavirus cases have jumped to 505 cases from 371 on Saturday as the health crisis worsens here and elsewhere.

The virus is now in 41 Tennessee counties - up from 33 on Saturday.

There are now 167 cases in Davidson County, where one person has died, according to the state report. But the health department at Nashville said there are 179 cases, with 46 new ones on Sunday.

Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, chief medical director of health for Nashville, put down a far-reaching order closing most businesses and urging Nashville residents "to shelter at home as much as possible." 

 The age range for all confirmed cases in Nashville is from 11 to 73 years old.  Of the confirmed cases, one patient has died from complications due to the coronavirus. Two others remain hospitalized. Officials said 27 people have recovered from the virus, an increase of eight in the past 24 hours. The remaining 149 cases are self-isolating at home and have mild and manageable symptoms.

Shelby County is also afflicted, jumping to 66 cases.

Hamilton County remains with eight cases and Knox County has five.

Bradley County has two confirmed cases.

There are three cases listed in Monroe County, one in McMinn County and one in Marion County.

Shelby County soared from four cases to 40 overnight.

The new cases include three in Monroe County to the northeast of Chattanooga.

Williamson County is up to 48 cases and Sumner County doubled from 11 to 22.

Rutherford County is up to eight and Putnam County up to six.

There are 82 listed as out of Tennessee and 30 as unknown. The out of Tennessee are non-Tennessee residents who were tested in Tennessee. 

Others:

Dickson 4

Cheatham 4

Dickson 4

Fayette 3

Campbell 2

Carroll 2

Chester 1

Cocke 1

Cumberland 2

Greene 2

Dyer 2

Franklin 1

Gibson 1

Hamblen 2

Houston 1

Jefferson 2

Loudon 1

Maury 2

Robertson 3

Montgomery 3

Perry 1

Roane 1

Scott 2

Sevier 1

Sullivan 1

Tipton 5

Washington 2

 

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