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Additional death, 72 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Madison Co.
January 2, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another Madison County resident has died due to COVID-19 complications.
The health department says a 62-year-old man died Dec. 31 due to complications from COVID-19. The department says 142 Madison County residents have died due to complications of the virus.
The health department also confirmed another 72 new COVID-19 cases in Madison County, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to 8,897.
The health department says those cases range in age from 3-years-old to 97-years-old.
There are currently 27 Madison County residents hospitalized, with six of those patients on a ventilator.
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January 1, 2021
JACKSON, Tenn. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department says it is no longer scheduling appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine for residents over the age of 75.
The news release from the department says they are fully booked at this time. The health department says will make an announcement once more vaccines are available.
The health department also says its phone system is down due to the high number of calls.
The department adds that it will be providing vaccines to healthcare workers from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the health department on Saturday.
You must present healthcare credentials to to be vaccinated, and no appointment is needed, according to the release.
98 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Madison Co.; 8,825 total
January 1, 2021
The health department says those cases range in age from 3-months-old to 90-years-old.
There are currently 40 Madison County residents hospitalized, with six patients on a ventilator.
The health department also released statistics on patients, including zip code, race, gender, age and their health statuses.
Zip code:
White: 3,651 (41.4%)
11 – 20 years: 1,066 (12.1%)
21 – 30 years: 1,478 (16.7%)
31 – 40 years: 1,321 (15%)
41 – 50 years: 1,285 (14.6%)
51 – 60 years: 1,274 (14.4%)
61 – 70 years: 981 (11.1%)
71 – 80 years: 543 (6.2%)
80+: 357 (4%)
Unknown: 77 (0.9%)
For more information on COVID-19, go to the CDC website, the Tennessee Department of Health website or call (877) 857-2945.
Nearly one-third of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital s patients are there due to the coronavirus.
The hospital reported treating 189 COVID-19 patients Wednesday, 34 of whom it considers to be in the recovering stage of infection. The total sets a new COVID-19 hospitalization high for the facility.
Tina Prescott, the COO of West Tennessee Healthcare, said the hospital is still trying to limit the number of patients it receives as its census nears capacity. We monitor it on a case-by-case basis, Prescott added. But our hospital is not open to those already in another facility because of the volume and census of patients coming in through our emergency department.