Anderson County's COVID cases fall 25.8%; state cases up 34.1%

Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK
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Luis and Irene Ferrolho of Aberdeen, N.J., have spent most of the past 15 months of the pandemic at home with their children, twins Alexandra and Dimitri, 8 years old. Because Dimitri suffers from severe disability due to being born premature, they can’t risk exposure to the COVID-19 virus. Irene had to quit her job and help the children with virtual learning and therapy and Luis does his work online from home. While they have grown closer to each other, they do look forward to less isolation when it is safer for Dimitri.

New coronavirus cases leaped in Tennessee in the week ending Sunday, rising 34.1% as 4,782 cases were reported. The previous week had 3,566 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Tennessee ranked 41st among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week, coronavirus cases in the United States increased 21.4% from the week before, with 605,127 cases reported. With 2.05% of the country's population, Tennessee had 0.79% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 47 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.

Anderson County reported 46 new cases and no deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 62 cases and no deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 22,228 cases and 334 deaths.

Within Tennessee, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Hancock County with 151 cases per 100,000 per week; Davidson County with 120; and Williamson County with 118. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.

Adding the most new cases overall were Shelby County, with 926 cases; Davidson County, with 834 cases; and Williamson County, with 282. Weekly case counts rose in 56 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Shelby, Davidson and Hamilton counties.

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Tennessee ranked 45th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 62.2% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 77.7%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.

In the week ending Wednesday, Tennessee reported administering another 38,585 vaccine doses, including 4,398 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 44,602 vaccine doses, including 4,850 first doses. In all, Tennessee reported it has administered 9,971,152 total doses.

Best decline in Campbell; 57 die in state

Across Tennessee, cases fell in 34 counties, with the best declines in Campbell County, with 17 cases from 52 a week earlier; in Weakley County, with 10 cases from 42; and in Madison County, with 69 cases from 86.

In Tennessee, 57 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 42 people were reported dead.

A total of 2,036,315 people in Tennessee have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 26,265 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 82,468,606 people have tested positive and 999,602 people have died.

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Tennessee's COVID-19 hospital admissions rising

USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, May 15.

Likely COVID patients admitted in the state:

  • Last week: 362

  • The week before that: 260

  • Four weeks ago: 258

Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation:

  • Last week: 49,753

  • The week before that: 44,912

  • Four weeks ago: 37,527

Hospitals in 45 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 29 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 41 states admitted more COVID-19 patients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Anderson County reported 46 additional COVID-19 cases this week