Tennessee continues to stand at the top of the list nationwide for the number of new cases of COVID-19 Per Capita.

Tennessee counties also dominates the list of 100 counties nationwide with the highest rates of the infection. Forty-one Tennessee counties are on the top 100 list, with Bedford County in 35th place. There are a total of 3,006 counties nationwide.

The Tennessee counties, their position on the top 100 list and cases per 100,000 population follow:

Perry, 8th place, 267.1 cases per 100,000, Warren, 9th place, 264.8 cases per 100,000, Moore, 13th place, 233.4 cases per 100,000, Decatur, 16th place, 221.7 cases per 100,000, Lincoln, 20th place, 217.4 cases per 100,000, Clay, 23rd place, 212 cases per 100,000, Rhea, 25th place, 203.3 cases per 100,000, Sequatchie, 27th place, 199.7, cases per 100,000, Giles, 30th place, 193 cases per 100,000, Fentress, 31st place, 189.7 cases per 100,000, Sevier, 32nd place, 187.4 cases per 100,000, Cannon, 34th place, 185.9 cases per 100,000, Scott, 38th place, 181.9 cases per 100,000, Coffee, 40th place, 174.4 cases per 100,000, Morgan, 42nd place, 173.5 cases per 100,000, Meigs, 43rd, 172.5 cases per 100,000, KeKalb, 47th place, 168.7 cases per 100,000, Loudon, 48th place, 168.7 cases per 100,000, Greene, 51st place, 166.1 cases per 100,000, Roane, 54th place, 164.6 cases per 100,000, Robertson, 55th place, 164.5 cases per 100,000, Crockett, 57th place, 163.6 cases per 100,000, Lawrence, 58th place, 163.4 cases per 100,000, Van Buren, 59th, 163 cases per 100,000, Putnam, 64th place, 160.8 cases per 100,000, Smith, 65th place, 159.5 cases per 100,000, Bradley, 66th place, 159.4, cases per 100,000, Henderson, 67th place, 159 cases per 100,000, Lewis, 69th place, 158.4 cases per 100,000, Anderson, 70th place, 158.3 cases per 100,000, Monroe, 72nd place, 155.6 cases per 100,000, Hamblen, 75th place, 153.6 cases per 100,000, White, 76th place, 152.5 cases per 100,000, Bedford, 77th place, 151.7 cases per 100,000, Cocke, 79th place, 151.2 cases per 100,000, Marshall, 85th place, 148.4 cases per 100,000, Davidson, 89th place, 147 cases per 100,000, Grainger, 89th place, 147 cases per 100,000, Macon, 90th place, 146.9 cases per 100,000, Maury, 91st place, 146.6 cases per 100,000, Wilson, 92nd, 145.9 cases per 100,000

In the last seven days (Dec. 14 through Dec. 20) the Tennessee health department reported 65,382 new cases of the coronavirus from 329,337 tests — a positivity rate of 19.85 percent. The CDC says that positivity rates above 10 percent cannot be relied upon to give an accurate picture of the extent of the pandemic.

Since the first day of December, 1,469 Tennessee deaths have been attributed to COVID-19.

According to the state health department, 91 percent Tennessee hospital intensive care beds are occupied by patients, leaving 186 available on Dec. 20 for the entire state. The state reported that 2,789 people were hospitalized on Dec. 20.

On Dec. 20, there were 593 active cases of COVID-19 in Bedford County. The active case count has been hovering around 600 for the past week.

According to the state health department, 1,256 residents of Bedford County have tested positive for the coronavirus since Dec. 1. Since the first day of December, there have been 4,478 tests conducted in Bedford County, resulting in a positivity rate of 28.36 percent.

Since the first of December, 139 school age children (ages 5 though 18) have tasted positive for COVID-19