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July 19 COVID-19 update: 17,420 total cases, 159 deaths in Davidson County

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro health officials reported 448 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total for Davidson County to 17,420 cases.

The total number includes 17,400 confirmed cases and 20 probable cases.

Probable cases refer to those that do not test positive in a diagnostic test but might have tested positive in a different form of test like an antibody or serologic test. Probable cases also could refer to cases that were never tested but exhibited the factors consistent with a COVID-19 infection, like symptoms and close contacts of confirmed cases.

Cases range in age from 1 month old to 102 years old.

As of Sunday, 11,423 people in Davidson County are now considered recovered.

The Metro Public Health Department said 159 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19.

Both available hospital beds and available ICU beds are considered in the yellow by Metro's Roadmap to Reopening metrics. The goal is to have each at or above 20%, but as of Sunday, there were 18% hospital beds and 17% ICU beds available.


Below is data released from MPHD on cases in Davidson County:

Total number of cases: 17,420
Cases reported in the past 24 hours: 448

Cases by sex:
Male: 8,928
Female: 8,220
Unknown: 272

Total Cases by age

Unknown47
0-10823
11-201,705
21-305,305
31-403,582
41-502,481
51-601,718
61-70957
71-80479
81+323
Total17,420
Recovered11,423
Deaths159
Total active cases5,838

Total number of people testedTotal positive/probable casesTotal negative resultsPositive results as percentage of total
140,84717,420123,42712.4%