Dyer County COVID-19 update for September 29

BRANDON HUTCHESON

bhutcheson@stategazette.com

With the release of the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) daily COVID-19 update on Tuesday, the department reported Dyer County as having a total of 1,420 COVID-19 cases, which consist of confirmed and probable cases. Additionally, the TDH said that Dyer County had 175 active cases with 1,228 recoveries/inactive cases.

The total number of deaths due to the virus increased from 14 to 17.

TDH also reported Dyer County as having 1,523 PCR positive cases and 11,209 PCR negative cases.

TDH COVID-19 comparisons for Dyer County:

Tuesday’s numbers in comparison to those released yesterday, Sept. 28, by the Tennessee Department of Health are as follows:

- Total Cases

Mon. Sept. 28 – 1,403

Tues. Sept. 29 – 1,420 (up 17)

- Active Cases

Mon. Sept. 28 – 182

Tues. Sept. 29 – 175 (down 7)

- Recoveries/ Inactive Cases

Mon. Sept. 28 – 1,207

Tues. Sept. 29 – 1,228 (up 21)

Tuesday’s numbers in comparison to those two weeks prior, Sept. 15, are as follows:

- Total Cases

Sept. 15 – 1,161

Sept. 29 – 1,420 (up 259)

- Active Cases

Sept. 15 - 142

Sept. 29 – 175 (up 23)

- Recoveries/ Inactive

Sept. 15 – 1,006

Sept. 29 – 1,228 (up 222)

- Deaths

Sept. 15 - 13

Sept. 29 – 17

TDH COVID-19 numbers in Tennessee:

Statewide, Tennessee was reported having 194,611 total cases, with 187,197 confirmed and 7,414 probable in Tuesday’s update. Recoveries/Inactive cases were listed at 177,945 (91 percent).

Total deaths in the state were reported at 2,420 (1 percent), with 2,325 confirmed and 95 probable.

A total of 2,853,067 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the state with 2,624,331 resulting in PCR negatives and 228,736 PCR positive results.

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

- 8,672 hospitalizations (4 percent)

- 123,470 not hospitalized (63 percent)

- 62,469 pending (33 percent)

Shelby County (Memphis) continued to lead the state in total COVID-19 cases with 31,097, while Davidson County (Nashville) is second, with 26,797.

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

Crockett: 544 total; 54 active; 471 recoveries/inactive; 19 deaths

Gibson: 1,726 total; 262 active; 1,440 recoveries/inactive; 24 deaths

Lake: 925 total; 58 active; 865 recoveries/inactive; 2 deaths

Lauderdale: 1,003 total; 73 active; 934 recoveries/inactive; 16 deaths

Obion: 1,202 total; 145 active; 1,046 recoveries/inactive; 11 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; <5 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; 0 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/.