Data
Knox County COVID-19 Data
(Data is updated as of )
KCHD provides Knox County COVID-19 data to help keep the community informed of the local situation. These numbers are updated Monday through Friday.
Data Overview and Case Demographics
Click here for more information about the data.Numbers may vary slightly from week to week as KCHD epidemiologists and other epidemiologists throughout the state complete routine data reviews of cases, which can result in the transfer of some cases from their initial reported jurisdiction. This is standard operating procedure. The adjustments that often result from these reviews are expected given the nature of real-time data reporting with COVID-19, which is not normally how health metrics are reported in the U.S. Typically, there is a several-month lag before health data is reported.
Cases:
i. Probable cases are those that:
‐ Meet clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19
‐ Meet presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence.
Probable cases are included in demographic data.
ii. Information about hospitalization status is gathered at the time of diagnosis, therefore this information may be incomplete. This number indicates the number of Knox County residents that were ever hospitalized during their illness.
Gender:
* The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System (NBS) is a CDC-developed information system that helps public health departments manage reportable disease data and send data to CDC.
Age Category:
Race and Ethnicity:
* Demographics were calculated based on laboratory reports that have race/ethnicity data available. Not all negative tests have demographic data available and should not be interpreted as a count of negative tests.
COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in Knox County
* Hospitalizations, Cases and Deaths may not add up to the daily reported number of cases for race and ethnicity. Rates can not be calculated for individuals with unknown race or ethnicity.
* Population estimates updated from 2018 to 2019 values
** Total includes probable cases
Knox County Cases - March 1, 2020 to October 20, 2021 *
(Data is reported as of October 20, 2021).
* Some addresses have not yet been provided through the case investigation; therefore, they aren’t reflected in the map.
Case Trends
New COVID Cases per 100,000 population
Count of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Reported to KCHD
* This data does not include probable cases, only confirmed cases.
Click here for more information about the data.Data Source: National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System (NBS), hospital reporting, laboratory reporting.
Percent Change in COVID-19 Cases from Previous Day Since July 1,2020
New Cases per Day with Trendline
* This data does not include probable cases, only confirmed cases.
Number of Cases by Specimen Collection Date
* This information comes from NBS (NEDSS based system) and reflects the date the individual was tested.
Knox County COVID-19 Cases Among 5-17 Year Olds with Trendline
* The most recent data in this chart may not represent all the data for this time period as it may not be available in full at the time of publishing. Data will be updated as it is received.
Testing
Tests Conducted for Knox County Residents
*All data for this time period may not be reported yet.
*All data for this time period may not be reported yet.
Average Time (Days) between Specimen Collection and Lab Report Data
*All data for this time period may not be reported yet.
* This information is based average time between specimen collection and lab report date for tests conducted in Knox County.
COVID-19 Percent Positive Tests
This is based on testing data from the Tennessee Department of Health.
Vaccination Trend
Percent of All Knox County Residents who have received a COVID-19 Vaccine
Additional vaccine data, including percent vaccinated and demographics, is available here.
Regional Hospital Data
Acute Care Hospitals in Knox County/East Region East TN Children’s Hospital
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Parkwest Medical Center
Turkey Creek Medical Center
North Knoxville Medical Center
University of TN Medical Center
Big South Fork Medical Center
Blount Memorial Hospital
Claiborne Medical Center
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
LaFollette Medical Center
LeConte Medical Center
Fort Loudon Medical Center
Methodist Medical Center
Morristown-Hamblen Medical Center
Newport Hospital
Roane Medical Center
Sweetwater Hospital
COVID-19 Positive Regional Hospital Inpatients (hospitalized), ICU, and Ventilators
* Regional hospital data is gathered from the information hospitals put into the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System (HRTS). This information may reflect Knox County, East Region or patients from other jurisdictions. This data will be reported weekly. Eighteen hospitals in the Knox and East Tennessee region (16 counties) participate in HRTS. As with all data of this kind, it is meant to portray the information for a specific moment of time for the hospitals and is dependent on the participating hospitals to report the information.
Pending COVID-19 Labs for Regional Hospital Inpatients (hospitalized), ICU, and Ventilator
Current as of
* "Available" refers to the number of beds/ventilators that the hospitals have adequate staff to support.
Click here for more information about the data.* Total capacity = Regional hospital standard capacity as reported in the Healthcare Resource Tracking System.
* These surge capacity numbers reflect the ability to surge related to space and equipment, it does not imply the ability to staff these additional beds.
Click here for more information about the data.* Additional Surge Capacity = Data gathered through the Alternate Care Site and Medical Surge Task Force and represents potential hospital capacity over and above the total capacity in the first table. Data on this table will not change from week to week.
* This data is collected from the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System (HRTS) and represents the inpatient information for all the hospitals in Knox and the surrounding 16 counties. All 19 hospitals in the Knox and East Tennessee region (16 counties) input data into HRTS. This information may reflect Knox County, East Region or patients from other jurisdictions. This data will be reported weekly. As with all data of this kind, it is meant to portray the information at a specific moment in time for the hospitals and is dependent on the participating hospitals to report the information.