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Tennessee Reports Deadliest Day Of Pandemic So Far

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Tennessee just had its deadliest day of the pandemic so far, with 42 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

The previous record was 37 deaths on July 23. In the two weeks since then, the 14-day average has continued to climb and now stands at 19 per day.

Newly reported cases and hospitalizations were also higher than average today.

One percent of all coronavirus cases in Tennessee ends in death, but it’s much more deadly if the case is severe enough to require hospitalization. Nearly 1 in 4 of those hospitalized with the virus have died.

Rachel Iacovone, Director of Multiplatform Publishing

Rachel Iacovone (YAH-kuh-VOAN-ee) is WPLN's Director of Multiplatform Publishing, which is a long way of saying she leads all the ways the news reaches you (this website, social media, This Is Nashville and more). She began her public radio career covering politics in Florida during the 2016 presidential race. In 2019, Rachel came to Nashville as a local Morning Edition, and later All Things Considered, host before her passion for data deep dives, visualizations, photography and social media storytelling pulled her off air and put her online fully.

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