The Tennessee Department of Health has confirmed over 5,000 coronavirus hospitalizations were unreported in the state over the past 14 months.
The state is currently reporting an average of 6,758 cases of COVID a day, with an average of 2,611 hospitalizations and around 35 deaths, according toCOVID tracker. The state is experiencing 99 cases of COVID per 100,000 people. This is second only toTennesse could soon overtake South Carolina, as while the latter's cases have increased by 52 percent over the past two weeks, the former's have increased by 56 percent.
Whereas Tennesse is second to top in terms of cases per capita, it is close to the bottom in statistics that show the percentage of the population that has received a COVID vaccination. Only 42 percent of Tennesseans are currently fully vaccinated, trailing the U.S average of 52 percent. Tanksley hopes that the more complete picture the health department now has of COVID cases could prove helpful in both assessing the impact of the disease and for monitoring the positive effect vaccination status is having on hospitalizations.
Nurses, unrelated to the situation in Tennessee, care for a COVID patient at a hospital in California on August 27, 2021. Tennesse's department of health has confirmed that over 5,000 COVID hospital admissions went unregistered over the last 14 months.
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