Ending the work week on a low note as Tennessee surpasses 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and Nashville inches nearer to 40,000 cases.
Metro Nashville
As of 9:30 today, the city reported 39,101 confirmed cases, an increase of 299 since yesterday. There are currently 3,095 active cases in Nashville, 35,673 inactive or recovered cases and 294 active hospitalizations. With 333 deaths (1 since yesterday), the city has a case fatality rate of 0.85%. In Davidson County, 574,553 tests have been administered with a positive rate of 8.3%.
Out of 8 metrics on the trend lines, Nashville has 3 in the green, 1 in the yellow and 4 in the red - transmission rate, 14-day new case trend, ICU bed capacity and new cases per 100,000 residents. With a goal for transmission to be less than 1.0, the city's current transmission rate is 1.15 (up from 1.07 on Tuesday). The 14-day case trend is in the red with new cases rising. 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 (but nearing red) with 12% availability with ICU beds remaining in the red as availability drops once again and now sits at 9% capacity (up from 6% yesterday). The goal for both hospital and ICU bed capacity is 20%.
The New Cases per 100K Residents has remained in the red for the past two weeks. The goal of the seven-day rolling average is to be at 10 or below. Currently, Nashville sits at 49.6 as of 9:30 am this morning. The goal for the 7-Day Positivity Rate is to see a figure at 10% or less. Currently, Nashville remains in the green with a rate of 8.4% (which is down from yesterday but still elevated from 8.0% last Friday and 7.4% on Monday, Nov. 2).
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Nashville remains in Phase 3 of COVID Reopening. The city also continues its mask mandate, with several nearby counties having reinstated similar mandates after letting them expire earlier. Governor Bill Lee extended the Tennessee State of Emergency tied to COVID-19 through Dec. 29.
Tennessee State
As of this afternoon, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) confirmed an additional 3,733 new cases of COVID-19 with the state total hitting 300,458. There are currently 1,792 hospitalizations (up 42 from yesterday) and 3,852 deaths (up 64 in 24 hours) for a death rate of 1.28. Nearly 4 million tests have been administered statewide (up 22,774 since yesterday) with a 14.69% positive rate for the day. The number of inactive/recovered cases statewide is 265,459.