The confirmed COVID-19 case count for Tennessee is now 18,378 as of May 19, 2020, including 305 deaths, 1,498 hospitalizations and 10,969 recovered.
County Mayor Allen Foster has provided this Cumberland County COVID-19 Update for May 19, 2020:
29 active cases (down 1)
94 tested positive (up 1)
64 recovered (up 2)
1 death officially reported
3,029 negative tests
3,123 total tested
3.01% percent of those that have been tested were positive
5.16% percent of residents have been tested
0.16% percent of residents tested were positive
0.05% percent of residents have active cases
Putnam County records 286 cases (UP 46) ;126 (up 9) recovered; 5 deaths.
Bledsoe County’s numbers remain the same at 607 cases; 597 recovered and 1 death.
Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster has extended “a very special thank you to our Emergency Medical Services (EMS, our ambulance service) for all you do”, noting that “May 17th through May 23rd is the annual National EMS Week.” Mayor Foster praised our “a great EMS here in Cumberland County” saying, “they have worked to continually improve the service provided to our community, no matter what I have asked of them, and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been above and beyond. To say I’m proud of our group would be an understatement! Thank you for what you do.”