Dyer County COVID-19 update for September 23

BRANDON HUTCHESON

bhutcheson@stategazette.com

With the release of the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) daily COVID-19 update on Wednesday, the department reported Dyer County as having a total of 1,314 COVID-19 cases, which consist of confirmed and probable cases. Additionally, the TDH said that Dyer County had 186 active cases with 1,115 recoveries/inactive cases.

The total number of deaths due to the virus increased from 12 to 13.

Additionally, TDH reported Dyer County as having 1,415 PCR positive cases and 10,341 PCR negative cases.

TDH COVID-19 comparisons for Dyer County:

Wednesday’s numbers in comparison to those released yesterday, Sept. 22, by the Tennessee Department of Health are as follows:

- Total Cases

Tues. Sept. 22 – 1,287

Wed. Sept. 23 – 1,314 (up 27)

- Active Cases

Tues. Sept. 22 – 184

Wed. Sept. 23 - 186

- Recoveries/ Inactive Cases

Tues. Sept. 22 – 1,091

Wed. Sept. 23 – 1,115 (up 24)

Wednesday’s numbers in comparison to those two weeks prior, Sept. 9, are as follows:

- Total Cases

Sept. 9 – 1,061

Sept. 23 – 1,314 (up 253)

- Active Cases

Sept. 9 - 112

Sept. 23 – 186 (up 74)

- Recoveries/ Inactive

Sept. 9 - 938

Sept. 23 – 1,115 (up 177)

- Deaths

Sept. 9 - 11

Sept. 23 - 13

TDH COVID-19 numbers in Tennessee:

Statewide, Tennessee was reported having 186,709 total cases, with 180,083 confirmed and 6,626 probable in Wednesday’s update. Recoveries/Inactive cases were listed at 169,649 (91 percent).

Total deaths in the state were reported at 2,275 (1 percent), with 2,192 confirmed and 83 probable.

A total of 2,706,717 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the state with 2,486,825 resulting in PCR negatives and 219,892 PCR positive results.

Tennessee COVID-19 hospitalizations listed by the TDC on Wednesday was as follows:

- 8,338 hospitalizations (4 percent)

- 117,614 not hospitalized (63 percent)

- 60,757 pending (33 percent)

Shelby County (Memphis) continued to lead the state in total COVID-19 cases with 30,397, while Davidson County (Nashville) is second, with 26,194.

In the counties neighboring Dyer County, the TDH reported the following results:

Crockett: 529 total; 68 active; 442 recoveries/inactive; 19 deaths

Gibson: 1,586 total; 251 active; 1,315 recoveries/inactive; 20 deaths

Lake: 919 total; 61 active; 856 recoveries/inactive; 2 deaths

Lauderdale: 949 total; 75 active; 859 recoveries/inactive; 15 deaths

Obion: 1,112 total; 139 active; 964 recoveries/inactive; 9 deaths

The Tennessee Department of Health provides daily COVID-19 updates online at www.tn.gov/health at 2 p.m. The COVID-19 Public Information Numbers, 877-857-2945 or 833-556-2476, are available from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

TDOE Data Dashboard:

The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) Data Dashboard listed results for both Dyer County and Dyersburg City school systems were listed as follows:

Students: <5 new cases this week; 8 reported new cases last week

Staff: <5 new cases this week; 7 reported new cases last week

For Dyer County, individual school information was not available.

Students: 0 new cases this week; <5 reported new cases last week

Staff: 0 new cases reported this week; <5 reported new cases last week

For Dyersburg City Schools, individual school information was available and was listed as follows:

Dyersburg High School: Students – <5 new cases this week; 0 new cases last week; Staff – 0 new cases this week; 0 new cases last week

Dyersburg Middle School: Students - <5 new cases this week; <5 new cases last week; Staff – 0 new cases this week; 0 new cases last week

Dyersburg Intermediate School: Students – 0 new cases this week; 0 new cases last week; Staff - 0 new cases this week; 0 new cases last week

Dyersburg Primary School: Students – 0 new cases this week; 0 new cases last week; Staff – 0 new cases this week; <5 new cases last week

The TDOE included the following statement in regard to the numbers reported by the data dashboard:

“The data presented on this page reflects new positive COVID-19 cases for students and employees at public elementary and secondary schools, including public charter schools, in Tennessee. This data is self-reported by school districts and public charter schools to the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) on a weekly basis. TDOE cannot verify and makes no representations regarding the accuracy of the data presented. This data is provisional and subject to change. This data may be different than information reported by a school, district, or other entity due to timing of reporting or other factors. In addition, this data may be different than county-level information reported by the Tennessee Department of Health due to timing of reporting, the fact that positive cases are reported by TDH only after laboratory confirmation, or other factors. School districts and public charter schools are requested to report positive COVID-19 cases to TDOE but are not mandated to do so by law or regulation. COVID-19 case investigations are conducted by local health departments.

“To protect individual privacy, schools with fewer than 50 students are not reported in this data. Further, for schools reporting a number that is fewer than five positive student or employee COVID-19 cases, the school will be listed without a specific number of cases for the category. Decisions regarding reporting this data balance transparency, public health and individual privacy and may change as circumstances change.

“New cases represent the number of newly reported positive cases on the most recent reporting date. Inactive cases are not reported. Data reported herein does not indicate or imply that a positive COVID-19 case was contracted at the school facility.”

The release added TDOE is requesting districts to submit information on a weekly basis and reporting across every district in the state is expected by September 22.

The link to the TDOE dashboard can be viewed at https://districtinformation.tnedu.gov/.