Dyer County COVID-19 update for December 10

BRANDON HUTCHESON

bhutcheson@stategazette.com

With the release of the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) daily COVID-19 update on Thursday, the department reported Dyer County as having a total of 3,531 COVID-19 cases, which consist of confirmed and probable cases. Additionally, the TDH said that Dyer County had 234 active cases with 3,238 recoveries/inactive cases.

The total number of deaths due to the virus remained increased to 59.

TDH also reported Dyer County as having 3,064 PCR positive cases and 16,983 PCR negative cases.

TDH COVID-19 Dyer County Data Dashboard:

Recently, the TDH launched a new COVID-19 website, https://covid19.tn.gov, which helps streamline and simplify some of the most frequently requested COVID-19 data. The site, which can be accessed for both desktop and mobile users, offers dashboards and daily reports with state and county-level information including case counts, hospitalizations and tests conducted.

As of 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, the numbers reflected were those from the previous day, Dec. 9.

Dyer County was listed as having 82 COVID-19 related hospitalizations. New active cases from Dec. 8 to Dec. 9 increased by 42.

The website also lists case counts and daily case rates from the following time periods:

- Most recent 7 days (Dec. 3, 2020 – Dec. 9, 2020)

203 case count; 78 daily case rate (per 100,000 residents)

- Most recent 14 days (Nov. 26, 2020 – Dec. 9, 2020)

373 case count; 71.7 daily case rate (per 100,000 residents)

- Previous 14 days (Nov. 12, 2020 – Nov. 25, 2020)

425 case count; 81.7 daily case rate (per 100,000 residents)

- Total (March 5, 2020 – Dec. 9, 2020)

3,496 case count; 33.7 daily case rate (per 100,000 residents)

Additionally, the website reported Dyer County has averaged 69.71 tests per day (187.6 tests per 100,000 residents) over the past 7 days.

The average positive percentage of tests, over the most recent 7 days, was 22.1 percent.

TDH COVID-19 numbers in Tennessee:

Statewide, on Thursday, Tennessee was reported having 428,973 total cases, with 391,133 confirmed and 37,840 probable. Recoveries/Inactive cases were listed at 382,444 (89 percent).

Total deaths in the state were reported at 5,240 (1 percent), with 4,722 confirmed and 518 probable.

Under laboratory testing, the results were as follows:

- Test Type: PCR

457,528 positive; 4,346,546 negative; 4,804,074 total

- Test Type: Antigen

39,718 positive; 352,323 negative; 392,041 total

Tennessee COVID-19 hospitalizations listed by the TDH on Thursday was as follows:

- 12,952 hospitalizations (3 percent)

- 189,929 not hospitalized (44 percent)

- 226,092 pending (53 percent)

Shelby County (Memphis) continued to lead the state in total COVID-19 cases with 52,963, while Davidson County (Nashville) is second, with 48,146.

Other Tennessee counties that have surpassed the 10,000 total case mark are Knox (Knoxville) at 22,903, Rutherford (Murfreesboro) at 21,014, Hamilton (Chattanooga) at 20,052, Williamson (Franklin) at 13,169, and Sumner (Hendersonville/Gallatin) at 11,785.

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

Crockett: 1,274 total; 86 active; 1,159 recoveries/inactive; 29 deaths

Gibson: 3,798 total; 395 active; 3,328 recoveries/inactive; 75 deaths

Lake: 1,268 total; 72 active; 1,188 recoveries/inactive; 8 deaths

Lauderdale: 2,225 total; 96 active; 2,104 recoveries/inactive; 25 deaths

Obion: 2,991 total; 222 active; 2,709 recoveries/inactive; 60 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 and were as follows:

Students: 11 new cases this week; 8 new cases last week

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

For Dyer County, individual school information was not available.

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

Dyersburg High School: Students – No reported data this week; <5 new cases last week; Staff – No reported data this week; <5 new cases last week

Dyersburg Middle School: Students – No reported data this week; 0 new cases last week; Staff – No reported data this week; 0 new cases last week

Dyersburg Intermediate School: Students – No reported data this week; <5 new cases last week; Staff – No reported data this week; 0 new cases last week

Dyersburg Primary School: Students – No reported data this week; 0 new cases last week; Staff – No reported data this week; 0new 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/.