Lewis County Herald - Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898

Lewis County ranks third from the bottom in the list of COVID-19 cases in the State of Tennessee.

According to the state of Tennessee's Novel Coronavirus website on June 8, 2020, Shelby County ranks number one with 6,005 cases, 133 deaths and 66,309 negative tests, a number changing daily.

Lewis County has had four cases, two of which are reported as recovered, and no deaths.

In Tennessee's 95 counties, Davidson ranks a close second to Shelby with 5,947 cases. In Davidson County there have been 73 deaths recorded as COVID-19 related and 39,637 negative test results.

Counties near the top included Rutherford, third, with 1,522 cases, 29 deaths and 13,501 negative tests, Trousdale, fourth, with 1,397 cases, four deaths and 1,875 negatives and Hamilton ranking fifth with 1,042 cases, 19 deaths, 13,559 negative test results.

In the South Central Tennessee region, the counties bordering Lewis County have reported one COVID-19 death and rank as follows.

On Tuesday, Maury reported 116 Coronavirus cases, one death and 3,450 negatives; Wayne 64 cases, no deaths and 2,336 negative cases; Hickman 60 cases, no deaths and 1,162 negatives; Lawrence has had 40 cases, no deaths and 1,803 negatives; and Perry County has had 24 cases, no deaths and 453 negative test results.

Perry County Mayor John Carroll reported on Facebook and in the Buffalo River Review, he had been sick in January 2020, "before we started hearing much about the COVID-19 virus."

When the antibody test became available at the Perry Community Hospital, he and other members of his family were tested.

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As of June 8, 2020

"The test confirmed that I have had the virus in the past (although it doesn't tell a specific time) and that I am not contagious," he reported. One member of the family tested positive for the antibody, proving he also had had the virus.

"I believe that many here in Perry County have already had this virus earlier in the year," he continued and urged others to take the antibody test.

The age group 21-30 reported the highest number of cases in Tennessee with 5,613 at the time of this reporting. Tennesseans ages 31-40, 5,512, had the second highest number of case. Confirmed cases in those ages 41-50 was at 4,594 and the numbers continued to drop with 3,772 51-60 year olds infected.

On Tuesday, 563 new cases were reported statewide, three new fatalities, 16 new hospitalizations and 341 newly recovered cases.

Numbers are updated daily at http://www.experience.arcgis.com.