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Nashville Officials Don Masks As County COVID Cases Exceed 1,000

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Nashville now has 1,034 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 110 in the past day, officials said at a daily briefing Monday. And there have been 6 deaths linked to the virus.

Dr. Alex Jahangir, the chair of Metro’s board of health, said 51 of those cases have been hospitalized.

Mayor John Cooper and other officials donned face masks at Monday’s briefing, citing the importance of wearing the protective covering.

Last week, Nashville’s three community testing sites assessed 1,051 people and conducted 623 tests, Dr. Jahangir said. Call 615-862-7777 to be screened.

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Meribah Knight, Senior Reporter/Producer of Special Projects

Meribah Knight is a senior reporter and producer at Nashville Public Radio. She’s the host and creator of the Peabody Award-winning podcast, The Promise as well as Serial’s recent podcast The Kids of Rutherford County.

Her reporting on race and inequality in public schools prompted a wholesale shift in enrollment and attitudes toward school choice in one Nashville neighborhood. And her reporting on the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tenn., led to the retirement of its juvenile judge and new oversight of its juvenile detention center.

Knight has received numerous national awards for her reporting, including the George Foster Peabody Award and the George Polk Award. Knight was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the Goldsmith Award, and twice a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Knight received her master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

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