Nashville and state numbers have begun to decline in terms of new cases. See details below.
Nashville and state numbers have begun to decline in terms of new cases. See details below.
Metro Nashville
As of 9:30 today, the city reported 25,384 confirmed cases, an increase of 58 over the last 24 hours. There are currently 2,093 active cases in Nashville, 23,062 individuals who have recovered and 135 active hospitalizations. With 229 deaths, the city has a case fatality rate of 0.9%.
In Davidson County, 208,948 tests have been administered with a positive rate of 12.1% (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 9.7% as of today (down from 10.8% on Friday).
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 0.890. 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 18% availability (up from 15% availability last Friday). ICU beds also remained in the yellow with 13% capacity (down from 14% on Friday). The goal for both hospital and ICU bed capacity is 20%.
The New Cases per 100K Residents remains in the yellow this week. The goal of the seven-day rolling average is to be at 10 or below. Currently, Nashville sits at 20.6 on this metric (down from 22.6 last Friday and 24.2 nearly a week ago). The goal for the 7-Day Positivity Rate is to see a figure at 10% or less. Currently, Nashville has made it into the green with a rate of 9.7% as of 9:30 this morning.
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 145,417 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 813 cases since yesterday. There have been 6,515 hospitalized (an increase of 94 in 24 hours), 1,628 deaths (up 40 since yesterday) and 108,035 Tennesseans have recovered from the virus (up 1,994 since yesterday). The state has conducted just over 2.07 million tests (up 15,105 in 24 hours). Tennessee's COVID-19 death rate stands at 1.11% (up from 1.05% at this time last week).