Tennessee Has 13 More Coronavirus Deaths; Cases Go Up By 1,947

  • Friday, August 14, 2020

Tennessee had 13 more coronavirus deaths bringing the toll to 1,326, state Health Department officials said Friday afternoon. 

There were 1,947 new cases in the state for a total of 130,458.

There were 77 more patients hospitalized to bring that total to 5,725.

There have been 91,323 people recover from the virus.

Testing numbers are above 1.8 million.

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 24,251 cases, up 308; 321 deaths, up 2

Davidson County: 21,528 cases, up 248; 221 deaths

Knox County: 5,051 cases, up 105; 41 deaths

Bledsoe County:  734 cases, up 7; 2 deaths

Bradley County: 2,102 cases, up 36; 15 deaths

Franklin County: 363 cases, up 4; 4 deaths

Grundy County: 126 cases, up 2; 2 deaths

Marion County: 240 cases, up 1; 5 deaths

McMinn County: 591 cases, up 8; 20 deaths

Meigs County: 115 cases, up 2; no deaths

Monroe County: 479 cases, up 10; 10 deaths, up 1

Polk County: 237 cases, up 13; 5 deaths

Rhea County: 574 cases, up 8; 2 deaths

Sequatchie County: 117 cases, up 2; 1 death

 

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