Dyer County COVID-19 update for October 19

Monday, October 19, 2020

BRANDON HUTCHESON

bhutcheson@stategazette.com

With the release of the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) daily COVID-19 update on Monday, the department reported Dyer County as having a total of 2,023 COVID-19 cases, which consist of confirmed and probable cases. Additionally, the TDH said that Dyer County had 399 active cases with 1,598 recoveries/inactive cases.

The total number of deaths due to the virus was listed at 26.

TDH also reported Dyer County as having 2,063 PCR positive cases and 13,692 PCR negative cases.

TDH COVID-19 comparisons for Dyer County:

Monday’s numbers in comparison to those released yesterday, Oct. 18, by the Tennessee Department of Health are as follows:

- Total Cases

Sun. Oct. 18 – 1,995

Mon. Oct. 19 – 2,023 (up 28)

- Active Cases

Sun. Oct. 18 – 391

Mon. Oct. 19 – 399 (up 8)

- Recoveries/ Inactive Cases

Sun. Oct. 18 – 1,578

Mon. Oct. 19 – 1,598 (up 20)

Monday’s numbers in comparison to those two weeks and one week prior, Oct. 5 and Oct. 12, are as follows:

- Total Cases

Oct. 5 – 1,549

Oct. 12 – 1,778

Oct. 19 – 2,023 (up 474 from Oct. 5; up 245 from Oct. 12)

- Active Cases

Oct. 5 – 228

Oct. 12 – 325

Oct. 19 – 399 (up 171 from Oct. 5; up 74 from Oct. 12)

- Recoveries/ Inactive

Oct. 5 – 1,303

Oct. 12 – 1,492

Oct. 19 – 1,598 (up 295 from Oct. 5; up 106 from Oct. 12)

- Deaths

Oct. 5 – 18

Oct. 12 – 21

Oct. 19 – 26 (up 8 from Oct. 5; up 5 from Oct. 12)

TDH COVID-19 numbers in Tennessee:

On Monday, the state reported an all-time record for new confirmed cases as well as a record for hospitalizations.

Statewide, Tennessee was reported having 232,061 total cases, with 220,566 confirmed and 11,495 probable in Monday’s update. Recoveries/Inactive cases were listed at 205,832 (89 percent).

Total deaths in the state were reported at 2,922 (1 percent), with 2,789 confirmed and 133 probable.

A total of 3,371,897 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the state with 3,104,663 resulting in PCR negatives and 267,234 PCR positive results.

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

- 9,618 hospitalizations (4 percent)

- 138,675 not hospitalized (60 percent)

- 83,768 pending (36 percent)

Shelby County (Memphis) continued to lead the state in total COVID-19 cases with 34,370, while Davidson County (Nashville) is second, with 29,801.

Other Tennessee counties that have surpassed the 10,000 total case mark are Knox (Knoxville) at 11,833, Hamilton (Chattanooga) at 11,097, and Rutherford (Murfreesboro) at 11,031.

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

Crockett: 766 total; 147 active; 599 recoveries/inactive; 20 deaths

Gibson: 2,054 total; 166 active; 1,851 recoveries/inactive; 37 deaths

Lake: 968 total; 28 active; 937 recoveries/inactive; 3 deaths

Lauderdale: 1,308 total; 209 active; 1,081 recoveries/inactive; 18 deaths

Obion: 1,636 total; 221 active; 1,398 recoveries/inactive; 17 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:

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Dyer County Schools (updated on Oct. 13):

Students: 8 new cases this week; no reported data last week

Staff: <5 new cases this week; no reported data last week

For Dyer County, individual school information was not available.

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Dyersburg City Schools (updated Oct. 13):

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 – <5 new cases this week; 0 new cases last week

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

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

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

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  • Of the 2,023 total COVID-19 cases, 1,761 are "confirmed positive cases" and 262 are "probable cases"

    -- Posted by AndrewWLegan on Tue, Oct 20, 2020, at 2:05 PM
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