April 9: Tipton has 39 confirmed cases, now out of top spot for percentage of confirmed cases

On Thursday, Tipton’s confirmed cases increased to 39, up by one from the previous day.

There’s still one person hospitalized at Baptist Tipton awaiting test results. On Monday four people were hospitalized, however three have received negative results.

Tipton also moved out of the top spot for percentage of confirmed cases amongst those tested.

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Tipton County’s numbers

Confirmed cases: 39

Average increase in confirmed cases per day: 1.7

Cases per 10,000: 6.38, currently ranked 14th of 95 counties

Testing

Tipton Countians tested: 409

Average number of tests per day: 27.3

Number negative: 370, or 91.3 percent

Need to get tested? Tipton has six testing sites.

Recovery and hospitalization

Number of Tipton Countians recovered: Unknown data on the county level, but no Tipton County COVID-19 deaths

Number hospitalized at Baptist-Tipton: 1 (awaiting test results)

Regionally 

The numbers show, of its rural neighbors, Tipton is conducting more testing than other counties in West Tennessee.

Though Tipton has led the region in percentage of confirmed cases amongst those tested, on Thursday it dropped to second. Haywood increased to 9.28 (up from 8.54 Wednesday) and Tipton dropped from 9.38 to 8.71.

1. Haywood: 9.28 percent positive; 88 tested, 9 confirmed
2. Tipton: 8.71 percent positive; 409 tested, 39 confirmed
3. Shelby: 8.64 percent positive; 10,642 tested, 1,006 confirmed
4. Fayette: 8.25 percent positive; 278 tested, 25 confirmed
5. McNairy: 7.89 percent positive; 105 tested, 9 confirmed

What does this mean? 

This could be interpreted to mean Tipton has more access to tests than some of its neighbors and is testing those who show symptoms. It could also show a higher rate of infection in Tipton than some of its neighbors.

We’ve chosen to show this data in percentages amongst those tested as it allows for a better comparison of positives and negatives amongst the population tested for each count.

Statewide

More than 59,849 Tennesseans have been tested, with at least 4,634 positives and at least 94 deaths (23 of those in Shelby County and one in Haywood County). At least 505 people across the state have been hospitalized at some point during infection and 921 people have recovered. Yesterday that number was 521.

Statewide, 7.19 percent of tests result in a positive diagnosis for COVID-19.

Though population centers like Shelby and Davidson counties lead the state in number of confirmed cases, they do not lead in cases per capita.

Data for April 8 shows Sumner County still leads in cases per 10,000 people. Here’s the rest of the top 10:

1. Sumner: 24.21
2. Trousdale: 17.79
3. Davidson: 16.02
4. Williamson: 14.21
5. Grundy: 12.41
6. Putnam: 11.44
7. Shelby: 10.84 (up from 9.83 Thursday)
8. Wilson: 10.79
9. Robertson: 10.56
10. Macon: 8.09

Tipton County came in at 14th Thursday with 6.89 per 10,000 residents. The ranking dropped by one from Wednesday even though the per capita rate increased slightly. Tipton was ranked in the top 10 last week.

Tennessee’s confirmed cases jumped to 10.79 per 10,000 residents, up from 6.06 Tuesday. There are still seven counties with no confirmed cases.