April 6, 2020 - As of Monday, April 6, Nashville has now surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases. During Mayor Cooper's daily update, there are now 1,034 cases of COVID-19 in Davidson County (110 confirmed in the last 24 hours) with 6 deaths, 129 recovered, and 899 active cases with at least 37 hospitalized, although hospitals report significantly higher numbers of presumptive cases. There have been 10,399 tests administered in Davidson County with right at a 10% positive rate. The MPHD COVDI-19 Hotline received 119 calls on April 5. That number is 615.862.7777.

The mayor continues to plead with residents to stay home and away from tennis courts and playgrounds in area parks. He has also urged all Nashvillians to begin wearing masks and face coverings in public. Mayor Cooper encouraged Nashvillians who are crafting and donating homemade masks to deliver their masks to the Community Resource Center, located at 218 Omohundro Place. Donations are accepted Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.

"Your donated masks will be distributed to essential personnel who are not healthcare workers or first responders but are nonetheless part of Nashville's citywide COVID-19 response to continue delivery critical services to Davidson County residents," said Mayor Cooper.

Anyone interested in learning how to make and donate homemade masks to support the COVID-19 response can visit covid19.nashville.gov.

Statewide, there are now 3,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 328 known hospitalizations and 44 fatalities. The state attributes 801 cases to Davidson County*. Updated numbers will be available later today. Nationally, there are more than 330,000 cases of the coronavirus, and deaths in the U.S. have now topped 10,000. President Trump, along with the Surgeon General and members of the national task force, have said this week and next are expected to be 'extremely difficult' with a high number of deaths anticipated.

*County numbers typically differ from state numbers for two key reasons: 1) lab confirmations come to Metro Public Health first and are then reported to state so there is a time lag, and 2) the state counts cases by where the resident lives rather than where the case was confirmed (so visitors to Nashville and those who live in another county in the MSA but are tested in Nashville would not be in the Davidson County numbers released by the state).