128 deaths added to Tennesseeâs COVID-19 toll
Shelby Co. COVID-19 Joint Task Force meeting, Jan. 21 By WMC Action News 5 Staff | January 21, 2021 at 11:25 AM CST - Updated January 21 at 3:41 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Tennessee reported 128 additional deaths from COVID-19 Thursday and 3,492 new cases.
According to the Tennessee Department of Health, 8,684 Tennesseans have died from complications with the virus and 697,783 have contracted it since the start of the pandemic.
There are 49,655 active cases in Tennessee while 2,513 people are currently hospitalized.
As of Monday, more than 370,895 vaccinations have occurred across the state, but only about 53,000 have received the second dose.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 432 new coronavirus cases and 14 new COVID-19 deaths across the county on Thursday.