19,789 COVID-19 cases confirmed in TN, 329 deaths, 1,573 hospitalizations

The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed a total of 19,789 cases of COVID-19 in the state on Saturday, May 23. In addition, 329 people have died and 1,573 have been hospitalized. Another 12,745 have recovered.

The report shows the following case count by county:

• Anderson County – 39
• Bedford County – 264
• Benton County – 7
• Bledsoe County – 607
• Blount County – 81
• Bradley County – 91
• Campbell County – 17
• Cannon County – 16
• Carroll County – 27
• Carter County — 19
• Cheatham County – 103
• Chester County – 12
• Claiborne County – 8
• Clay County – 6
• Cocke County – 20
• Coffee County – 65
• Crockett County — 14
• Cumberland County – 107
• Davidson County – 4,465
• Decatur County – 5
• DeKalb County – 33
• Dickson County – 101
• Dyer County – 48
• Fayette County – 104
• Fentress County – 9
• Franklin County – 45
• Gibson County – 61
• Giles County – 12
• Grainger County – 6
• Greene County – 48
• Grundy County – 31
• Hamblen County – 25
• Hamilton County – 511
• Hancock County – 1
• Hardeman County — 188
• Hardin County – 11
• Hawkins County – 31
• Haywood County — 29
• Henderson County — 12
• Henry County — 29
• Hickman County – 54
• Houston County – 7
• Humphreys County – 12
• Jackson County – 16
• Jefferson County – 27
• Johnson County – 15
• Knox County – 326
• Lake County – 408
• Lauderdale County – 51
• Lawrence County – 24
• Lewis County — 3
• Lincoln County – 26
• Loudon County – 131
• Macon County – 97
• Madison County –164
• Marion County – 36
• Marshall County – 27
• Maury County – 78
• McMinn County – 133
• McNairy County — 12
• Meigs County – 25
• Monroe County – 56
• Montgomery County – 234
• Moore County – 3
• Morgan County — 17
• Obion County — 24
• Overton County – 20
• Perry County – 13
• Pickett County — 3
• Polk County – 14
• Putnam County – 359
• Rhea County – 194
• Roane County – 13
• Robertson County – 360
• Rutherford County – 977
• Scott County – 11
• Sequatchie County – 10
• Sevier County – 72
• Shelby County – 4,225
• Smith County – 29
• Stewart County — 8
• Sullivan County – 61
• Sumner County – 809
• Tipton County – 426
• Trousdale County — 1,388
• Unicoi County – 3
• Union County — 4
• Van Buren County – 4
• Warren County – 19
• Washington County – 72
• Wayne County – 63
• Weakley County — 26
• White County – 24
• Williamson County – 503
• Wilson County – 343
• Out of state – 341
• Pending – 81

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

Race:

• White – 7,933
• Black or African-American – 4,075
• Other/Multiracial – 1,954
• Asian – 385
• Pending – 5,442

Ethnicity:

• Not Hispanic/Latino – 9,898
• Hispanic – 3,470
• Pending – 6,421

Gender:

• Female – 8,188
• Male – 10,823
• Pending – 778

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