Cumberland County’s active COVID-19 cases rose by 38 on Thursday, August 19, 2021 to 509. Total cases went up by 58 to 7,811. Deaths remained the same at 147.
Statewide, total positive cases grew by 6,341 to 969,988. Tennessee recorded 51 more COVID-19 deaths on Thursday bringing the toll to 13,096.
A report released Thursday by Vanderbilt University Medical Center states that Tennessee has seen a ten-fold increase in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in just over a month. On July 4, 2021, there were 213 hospitalized COVID-19 patients across the entire state. As of August 18, there were 2,497.