COVID-19 cases continue to rise across most of the country. Nashville and the state of Tennessee are no exception.

On Monday, Oct. 19, Nashville reported 31,759 confirmed cases. Last Monday, that number hit 33,699. Today, it's 35,102, meaning the city has added more than 3,300 cases in two weeks for an average of 236 new cases a day.

The state's numbers have increased more dramatically. On Oct. 19, the state reported 232,061 confirmed cases and 2,922 deaths. Today, we have 264,587 cases and 3,379 deaths. Over a two-week period, Tennessee has added 32,526 cases for an average of 2,323 cases/day and an additional 457 deaths for an average of nearly 33 lives lost daily to COVID-19.

Metro Nashville

As of 9:30 today, the city reported 35,102 confirmed cases, an increase of 122 since yesterday. There are currently 2,363 active cases in Nashville, 32,428 inactive or recovered cases and 228 active hospitalizations. With 311 deaths, the city has a case fatality rate of 0.89%. In Davidson County, 519,815 tests have been administered with a positive rate of 8.4%.

Out of 8 metrics on the trend lines, Nashville has 3 in the green, 2 in the yellow and 3 in the red, which has been the case for the past week. With a goal for transmission to be less than 1.0, the city's current transmission rate is 1.14 (down from 1.19 last Monday). 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 with 14% availability with ICU beds also remaining in the yellow at 13% capacity. 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 38.5 (up from 33.2 last Monday and 25.9 on Oct. 19). 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 7.4%, but that figure is up from 6.3% last Monday morning and 5.2% on Oct. 19. Overall, numbers continue to trend in the wrong direction.

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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 3,161 new cases of COVID-19 with the state total hitting 264,587. There are currently 1,434 hospitalizations (up 17 from yesterday) and 3,379 deaths (up 26 in 24 hours) for a death rate of 1.28. More than 3.7 million tests have been administered statewide (up 37,116 since yesterday) with an 8.44% positive rate today. The number of inactive/recovered cases statewide is 234,460.