NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) – The Tennessee Department of Health has reported 14,395 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths in the past 48 hours. The state released data from the last two days on Saturday, due to the Christmas holiday.
The December 25 update showed 9,230 additional cases and 5 deaths.
The December 26 update showed 5,165 additional cases and 7 deaths.
The department shared that the limited number of reported deaths is due to the holiday.
This brings the total number of state cases to 560,892. So far, 6,443 in Tennessee have lost their lives to the virus.
The state also reported 14,006 recoveries in the past 48 hours.
Currently, there are 2,819 hospitalized patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Earlier today, the Metro Department of Public Health reported another 793 cases of COVID-19 in Nashville in the past 24 hours.
Today’s update COVID-19 is abbreviated, presenting only the number of new cases and new deaths. Metro will release a similarly abbreviated update tomorrow, before returning to full reports on Monday.
No further deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
All data published in today’s update is below.
| Total case | 66.217 |
| Confirmed | 63.765 |
| Probable | 2452 |
| Total active | 7389 |
| Totally recovered | 58.372 |
| Cases added | 793 |
| Total deaths | 456 |
| Confirmed | 436 |
| Probable | 20 |
| Total tests | 791.007 |
| Negative tests | 713.524 |
| Positive tests | 77.483 |
| Overall attack rate | 9.80% |