519,687 COVID-19 cases confirmed in TN, 6,071 deaths, 2,789 hospitalizations

The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed a total of 519,687 cases of COVID-19 in the state for Sunday, December 20. In addition, 6,071 people have died and 2,789 are currently hospitalized. Another 434,977 have either recovered or are inactive.

The Tennessee Department of Health issued this information in a combined effort, after being unable to release numbers for Saturday, December 19 due to a high volume of tests being processed.

The Tennessee Department of Health also released the number of probable cases. The report shows 53,779 probable cases of COVID-19 and an additional 693 COVID-19-probable deaths.

The report shows the following case count by county:

  • Anderson County – 4,926
  • Bedford County – 4,107
  • Benton County – 1,104
  • Bledsoe County – 1,454
  • Blount County – 8,538
  • Bradley County – 8,060
  • Campbell County – 2,303
  • Cannon County – 1,227
  • Carroll County – 2,439
  • Carter County – 3,965
  • Cheatham County – 2,474
  • Chester County – 1,329
  • Claiborne County – 1,433
  • Clay County – 776
  • Cocke County – 2,433
  • Coffee County – 4,381
  • Crockett County — 1,492
  • Cumberland County – 3,823
  • Davidson County – 55,293
  • Decatur County – 1,236
  • DeKalb County – 1,848
  • Dickson County – 4,123
  • Dyer County – 3,934
  • Fayette County – 2,987
  • Fentress County – 1,703
  • Franklin County – 3,107
  • Gibson County – 4,457
  • Giles County – 2,240
  • Grainger County – 1,584
  • Greene County – 4,866
  • Grundy County – 1,068
  • Hamblen County – 5,155
  • Hamilton County – 24,435
  • Hancock County – 289
  • Hardeman County  – 2,674
  • Hardin County – 2,370
  • Hawkins County –  3,172
  • Haywood County — 2,031
  • Henderson County — 2,608
  • Henry County — 2,139
  • Hickman County – 1,692
  • Houston County – 738
  • Humphreys County – 1,044
  • Jackson County – 883
  • Jefferson County – 3,343
  • Johnson County – 1,698
  • Knox County – 28,391
  • Lake County – 1,345
  • Lauderdale County – 2,467
  • Lawrence County – 3,960
  • Lewis County — 1,071
  • Lincoln County – 2,879
  • Loudon County – 3,571
  • Macon County – 2,375
  • Madison County – 7,204
  • Marion County – 1,665
  • Marshall County – 2,510
  • Maury County – 8,300
  • McMinn County – 3,899
  • McNairy County — 1,802
  • Meigs County – 840
  • Monroe County – 3,328
  • Montgomery County – 10,065
  • Moore County — 604
  • Morgan County — 1,306
  • Obion County — 3,372
  • Overton County  – 1,952
  • Perry County – 763
  • Pickett County — 501
  • Polk County – 1,022
  • Putnam County – 7,856
  • Rhea County – 2,763
  • Roane County – 3,757
  • Robertson County – 5,706
  • Rutherford County – 25,529
  • Scott County – 1,772
  • Sequatchie County — 1,004
  • Sevier County – 7,742
  • Shelby County – 60,630
  • Smith County – 1,896
  • Stewart County — 791
  • Sullivan County — 9,680
  • Sumner County – 14,081
  • Tipton County – 4,870
  • Trousdale County – 2,084
  • Unicoi County – 1,283
  • Union County — 1,102
  • Van Buren County – 515
  • Warren County – 3,924
  • Washington County – 9,134
  • Wayne County – 2,255
  • Weakley County — 2,817
  • White County – 2,508
  • Williamson County – 15,572
  • Wilson County – 10,989
  • Out of state – 13,807
  • Pending – 11,447

The Tennessee Department of Health has also released statistics for patients by race, ethnicity, and gender.

 

Race:

  • American Indian or Alaska Native – 606
  • Asian – 4,189
  • Black or African-American – 67,213
  • Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander – 348
  • Other/Multiracial – 46,164
  • White – 296,186
  • Pending – 104,981

 

Ethnicity:

  • Not Hispanic/Latino – 301,349
  • Hispanic or Latino – 37,334
  • Pending – 181,004

 

Gender:

  • Female – 274,374
  • Male – 241,077
  • Pending – 4,236

For more information on COVID-19, go to the CDC website, the Tennessee Department of Health website or call (877) 857-2945.

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