TDH reports 70 new COVID-19 cases, 72 new recovered or inactive cases in NE Tennessee – WJHL-TV News Channel 11

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) The Tennessee Department of Health reported 160,708 confirmed cases and 4,401 probable cases of COVID-19 in the state on Monday, an increase of 983 total cases since Sunday.

The health department also announced 1,818 confirmed deaths, 826 current hospitalizations, and 146,213 inactive or recovered cases. More than 2.3 million coronavirus tests have been administered.

On Sunday, TDH reported 159,795 confirmed cases and 1,814 confirmed deaths.

The total COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is 165,109 as of September 7, 2020 including 1,869 deaths, 826 current hospitalizations and 146,213 inactive/recovered. [Percent positive for today is 7.72%.] For additional data: https://t.co/Psc3HfgZ8j. pic.twitter.com/Dgd4OpQGiF

TDH reported 70 new cases in Northeast Tennessee: 25 in Washington County; 16 in Sullivan County; 11 in Greene County; five each in Hawkins, Johnson, and Unicoi counties; and three in Carter County.

No new deaths were reported in our area.

TDH also reported 72 new recoveries: 21 in Sullivan, 17 in Washington, 14 in Greene, 12 in Carter, five in Hawkins, two in Johnson, and one in Unicoi County.

There are currently 962 active cases in Northeast Tennessee, down from 964 active cases on Sunday.

Active cases fell by 2 today to 962 active COVID-19 cases in the region. Active cases rose over the weekend from 828 on Friday to 964 yesterday.

Carter: -9Greene: -3Hawkins: 0 Johnson: +3Sullivan: -5Unicoi: -5Washington: +8 pic.twitter.com/xtooOXTjR2

The following data was reported in local counties:

Carter CountyTotal cases: 995Inactive/recovered: 841Deaths: 24Active cases: 130

Greene CountyTotal cases: 937Inactive/recovered: 775Deaths: 19Active cases: 143

Hawkins CountyTotal cases: 703Inactive/recovered: 639Deaths: 13Active cases: 51

Johnson CountyTotal cases: 511Inactive/recovered: 403Deaths: 1Active cases: 107

Sullivan CountyTotal cases: 1,872Inactive/recovered: 1,592Deaths: 26Active cases: 254

Unicoi CountyTotal cases: 243Inactive/recovered: 214Deaths: 1 Active cases: 28

Washington CountyTotal cases: 1,862Inactive/recovered: 1,599Deaths: 14Active cases: 249

342 testing increase today, pretty small increase in tests today, especially compared to how testing numbers have been. If we ignore July 22 (when a technical issue prevented TDH from releasing most of their data that day), this is the smallest increase since July 4 (336). pic.twitter.com/aDMeuBYTLs

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