Metro Nashville
As of 9:30 today, the city reported 24,963 confirmed cases, an increase of 123 over the last 24 hours. There are currently 2,560 active cases in Nashville, 22,178 individuals who have recovered and 162 active hospitalizations (up 37 since yesterday). With 225 deaths, the city has a case fatality rate of 0.9%.
In Davidson County, 203,652 tests have been administered with a positive rate of 12.3% (down slightly from 12.4% at the beginning of August but up from 10.7% on July 1). Of note, the 7-day average for positive tests is 10.8% as of today (down from 11.3% on Wednesday).
On the trend lines, the transmission rate is in the green. With a goal for transmission to be less than 1.0, the city has a current transmission rate of 0.89. The 14-day case rate is also in the green with a decreasing trend in new cases. Public health and testing capacity remain in the green, as they have throughout.
As of 9:30 am this morning, hospital floor bed capacity remained in the yellow with 15% availability (down from 17% availability at the beginning of this week). ICU beds also remained in the yellow with 14% capacity (up 3% since Monday). The goal for both hospital and ICU bed capacity is 20%.
The New Cases per 100K Residents returned to yellow this week. The goal of the seven-day rolling average is to be at 10 or below. Currently, Nashville sits at 22.6 on this metric (down from 24.2 on Wednesday). The goal for the 7-Day Positivity Rate is to see a figure at 10% or less. Currently, Nashville is in the yellow with a rate of 10.8%.
More detailed data is available on the Metro Dashboard. Click here for details.
Nashville remains in a modified Phase 2 of the reopening plan. Masks are required in Nashville, and a number of other surrounding counties also have mandatory mask regulations. Additionally, public health officials continue to ask (beg) residents to be vigilant in maintaining social distancing measures, as well as to go out as little as possible, wash hands frequently and stay home if ill. Metro police are authorized to issue civil citations to those who fail to comply with the mask mandate unless the individual has a specific exemption.
Tennessee State
The state reports 140,844 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 1,669 cases since yesterday. There have been 6,255 hospitalized (an increase of 99 in 24 hours), 1,549 deaths (up 61 since yesterday) and 102,686 Tennesseans have recovered from the virus (up 1,719 since yesterday). The state has conducted just under 1.98 million tests (up 29,005 in 24 hours). Tennessee's COVID-19 death rate stands at 1.09% (up from 1.05% on Wednesday).