Coronavirus Live Updates

WeGo Public Transit is allowing bus drivers to take discretionary measures to implement social distancing on their routes.

Ten people have now died from COVID-19-related complications after an outbreak at a Gallatin nursing home.

Influential singer-songwriter John Prine has died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.

Gov. Bill Lee’s administration began the COVID-19 outbreak by limiting the amount of information released on victims but has been slowly changing that policy. At a press briefing today, Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey says by week’s end the state will begin publishing the age range of deaths, as well as the race and ethnicity of […]

The Life Care Center of Old Hickory Village has a nurse who has tested positive for COVID-19. The nursing home says she is a new staffer who had come only for orientation March 27 before falling ill.

Cookeville’s largest employer announced furloughs 400 and is cutting the hours for many more.

United Way of Greater Nashville is continuing to release funds to nonprofits in Middle Tennessee through its COVID-19 Response Fund. The organization awarded more than $500,000 in a second round of funding to 27 local groups, including the Nashville Food Project, Interfaith Dental Clinic and Project C.U.R.E. “These agencies that received the funding are working […]

Quorum Health is filing for bankruptcy protection amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brentwood-based hospital operator announced Thursday that it had filed under Chapter 11 and would continue operating its 23 hospitals, which are spread across 13 states (though not Tennessee). Quorum is a recent spinoff from Community Health Systems. Like its former parent company, Quorum […]

Rutherford County Schools has officially expanded its free meal program for students and young residents. The district is offering free breakfast and lunch across 26 sites to anyone 18 and under during school closures. School officials says its site in LaVergne Lake is providing up to 400 meals per day with help from cafeteria workers. […]