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Coronavirus Hot Spot Persists In Southeast Nashville, Home To Diverse Communities

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For more than eight weeks, Southeast Nashville has been the site of a coronavirus hot spot. It’s home to some of the city’s most diverse communities. In Nashville and across the country, people of color are being disproportionately affected by the virus. The Metro Public Health Department has published heat maps showing where new and […]

Tennessee Department Of Health Attributes Spike In Coronavirus Cases To Prison Outbreak

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State health officials say nearly 800 Tennesseans have tested positive for the coronavirus, and about 350 are inmates at the Northwest Correctional Complex in West Tennessee. That brings the total number of cases at the prison to more than 700. Nearly all of the inmates who tested positive during statewide mass testing at prisons in […]

Nashville’s COVID-19 Fatalities Have All Had Underlying Conditions, But What Does That Mean?

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At least within the city of Nashville, everyone who has died from COVID-19 so far has had an underlying health condition. But that doesn’t mean all of them would be thought of as sickly.

Nashville Updates COVID Data Sharing Policy Amid Widespread Criticism

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Nashville’s public health department says it’s updating a policy that shares the addresses of coronavirus patients with law enforcement. That’s after the program received widespread criticism from activists, state legislators and local lawmakers. Public Health Director Michael Caldwell defended the practice Thursday, saying that sharing patient information had helped to protect first responders and prevent […]

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