The 14-day average of new cases is double what it was a month ago in Nashville. But the metric has stabilized and begun heading down. City officials credit the effectiveness of a mask mandate that began at the end of June. They’re backed up by a preliminary analysis published Monday from the Vanderbilt Microbiome initiative.
Tennessee Teachers Get More Public, Dramatic In Calls To Delay In-Person Instruction
On Monday, dozens of educators caravanned through downtown Nashville calling for schools to stay closed until counties had no new cases for two weeks. Their intended audience is Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee, who has left the decision to resume in-person classes to individual districts.
Tennessee’s Weekend Metrics Show Coronavirus Only Accelerating
The weekend’s coronavirus metrics provided no sign of pandemic quieting down in Tennessee. The state reported its second largest one-day increase ever on Sunday, with 3,140 new positive cases.
Vanderbilt Study Finds 1.5M More Kids Are Going Hungry Because Of The Pandemic
The pandemic’s ripple effects have meant 1.5 million more kids are going hungry, according to a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics. The polling data puts numbers to a food insecurity problem that has been occurring out of sight.
COVID-19 Shows Up In 43 New Tennessee Nursing Homes
An additional 43 long-term care facilities in Tennessee are reporting cases of COVID-19 now that the state mandates weekly testing of employees.
Many Tennessee Teachers Fear A Return To The Classroom, And Some Are Even Quitting
Plans for the upcoming semester have been changing by the week for Middle Tennessee school districts. And now that in-person classes are imminent for many districts, teachers are facing their concerns about the coronavirus. And some of them are giving up their jobs.
Court Orders Nashville Bar To Close After Refusing To Comply With Health Department Order
Nashville has had fairly good compliance with the order to re-close bars for the month of July. But a biker bar in Old Hickory refused to comply, even after a visit from health inspectors on Friday. So on Sunday, they returned with a court order to close Full Throttle Bar and Grill.
Weekend Update: Nashville Daily Case Counts Remain High, Statewide Hospitalizations Continue Surging
Over the weekend, more than 400 new coronavirus cases were reported in Davidson County on both Saturday and Sunday. Nashville has averaged that many cases a day for nearly a week.
Police Will Start Enforcing Nashville’s Mask Mandate On Broadway
The department says teams of school resource officers will be stationed on Broadway and handing out civil citations to people who aren’t wearing masks.
Nashville Sees Its Largest Single-Day Surge In COVID Cases
The city recorded a rise of 771 new cases in the past day. That’s an 18 percent positive rate out of the more than 14,000 people who were tested last week.
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