Anderson County COVID cases risen by 5.6 %, state cases decreased by 74.9 %.
Key Takeaways:
- The number of new cases of COVID-19 has dropped by 74.9 percent from the previous week's total of 155,239 new cases.
- In the week ending Sunday, Tennessee reported administering 76,921 vaccine doses, including 17,387 first doses.
Tennessee reported 38,961 new coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, far fewer than the previous week. The number of fresh cases of the virus that causes COVID-19 is down 74.9 percent from the previous week's total of 155,239 new cases.
As per the USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data, Tennessee ranked 7th among the states where coronavirus would spread the fastest per person.
In the most recent week, there were 1,217,001 coronavirus cases reported in the United States, down 41.5 percent from the previous week.
Tennessee had 3.2 percent of the country's cases in the last week, despite having only 2.05 percent of the population. In the most recent week, no state had more cases than the week before.
Tennessee is now reporting once a week on Wednesday afternoons. This could indicate that some of the information in this report is outdated or incomplete.
Anderson County
In the most recent week, Anderson County reported 1,402 cases as well as 5 deaths. It had reported 1,328 cases as well as eight deaths a week before. It has reported 20,906 cases and also 297 deaths throughout the pandemic.
Cases decreased in 73 Tennessee counties, with the best drops in Shelby County (4,073 cases from 7,492), Davidson County (4,407 cases from 7,356), as well as Rutherford County (2,676 cases from 4,525) among the best.
With 61 percent of its residents at least partially vaccinated, Tennessee ranked 45th among states regarding the number of people who received at least one shot.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the national rate is 75.9%. The most widely used vaccines in the United States are Pfizer and Moderna, which need two doses separated by a few weeks.
Tennessee reported administering 76,921 vaccine doses in the week going to end Sunday, including 17,387 first doses. The state-administered 34,026 vaccine doses in the previous week, including 7,788 first doses. Tennessee reported that it had given out a total of 9,436,380 doses.
Scott County, with 2,846 instances per 100,000 per week, Unicoi County, with 2,427, and Overton County, with 2,199, has the worst weekly outbreaks in Tennessee. High levels of community transmission, according to the CDC, start at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.