Individuals looking to be tested at one of the city's three community assessment centers should note changes in hours this week. The hours for today and tomorrow will be 9 am-3 pm, and Fri. is 8 am-2 pm. In addition, testing will be held at Cockrill Elementary today from 3-6 pm. On Fri., a testing site will be set up at Nancy Webb Methodist Church. Tests are free. To direct patients to updated testing hours and sites, please have them go online to asafenashville.org.
Metro Nashville
As of 9:30 today, the city reported 47,682 confirmed cases, an increase of 522 since yesterday. There are currently 3,051 active cases in Nashville, 44,259 inactive or recovered cases and 437 active hospitalizations. With 372 deaths (up 3 since yesterday), the city has a case fatality rate of 0.78%. In Davidson County, 663,618 tests have been administered with an overall positive rate of 8.7% (and a 7-day testing percent positive of 10.2%).
Out of 8 metrics on the trend lines, Nashville has 2 in the green, 2 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 1.00, the city's current transmission rate of 1.20, making a return to red. 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 has dropped to 12% availability (down from 18% yesterday), and ICU beds remain in the red with current availability at 5% 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 last few weeks. The goal of the seven-day rolling average is to be less than 10. Currently, Nashville sits at 66.3 as of 9:30 am this morning (down from 71.5 yesterday). The goal for the 7-Day Positivity Rate is to see a figure at 10% or less. Currently, Nashville remains in the yellow with a rate of 10.2%.
More detailed data is available on the Metro Dashboard. Click here for details.
Nashville remains in Phase 3 of COVID Reopening with new restrictions having been put in place last week. 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 4,099 new cases of COVID-19 with the state total hitting 384,285. There are currently 2,473 hospitalizations (a net gain of 96 since yesterday) and 4,688 deaths (up 50 in 24 hours) for a death rate of 1.22. A little more than 4.5 million tests have been administered statewide (up 22,685 in 24 hours) with an 18.05% positive rate for the day. The number of inactive/recovered cases statewide is 342,115 as of this afternoon.