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Tennessee Department of Health reports 2,573 new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Tennessee, November 12th, 2020

Tennessee Department of HealthNashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) reports that there have been 277,081 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus as of Thursday, November 12th, 2020. That is an increase of 2,573 cases from Wednesday’s 274,508. There have been 3,531 (+91) confirmed deaths in Tennessee because of the virus.

F I F T Y   F O U R  new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Montgomery County. The total is at 5,174. Four of the new cases reported today were in the age group of 5-18 year olds. There has been seventy deaths in Montgomery County due to the virus.

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There have been   T H I R T E E N   new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Robertson County. The total is at 3,004. There have been forty four deaths in Robertson County due to the virus. F O U R T E E N   new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Cheatham County. The total is at 1,289. There has been thirteen deaths in Cheatham County due to the virus.

T H I R T Y   T W O   new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Dickson County. The total in Dickson County is at 2,197. There has been twenty three deaths in Dickson County because of the virus.

There have been no new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Houston County. The total in Houston County is 523 (-1). There has been nineteen deaths in Houston County due to the virus. E I G H T  new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Benton County. The total is at 576. There has been thirteen deaths in Benton County due to the virus.

T W E L V E   new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Humphreys County. The total is at 561. There has been six deaths in Humphreys County due to the virus.

There have been   T H I R T E E N   new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Carroll County. The total in Carroll County is 1,355. There have been thirty deaths in Carroll County due to the virus.

T W E N T Y    new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Henry County. The total is at 1,098. There has been thirteen deaths in Henry County due to the virus.  There have been   S E V E N   new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Stewart County. The total of cases in Stewart County is 458. There has been thirteen deaths in Stewart County due to the virus.

There have been   T W E N T Y   N I N E    new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Christian County Kentucky. The total is at 2,303. There have been thirty one deaths in Christian County Kentucky due to the virus.

Nashville-Davidson County now has 36,757 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus. That is an increase of 819 cases from Wednesday’s 35,938. There have been 374 deaths in Davidson County due to the virus.

According to John Hopkins University there are now a total of 10,488,531 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in the United States. That is an increase of 270,742 cases in 24 hours from Wednesday’s 10,217,789. There have now been 242,310 deaths in the United States connected to COVID-19 Coronavirus. This is an increase of 2,936 deaths from Wednesday’s 239,374.

 

Tennessee Confirmed Cases

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Case Management Protocol

  • The Tennessee Department of Health will post updated COVID-19 Coronavirus cases including county of residence by 2:00pm each day at www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html.
  • The TDH State Public Health Laboratory is running COVID-19 Coronavirus testing seven days a week to assist public health authorities and health care workers in identifying cases and treating individuals.
  • TDH directly oversees 89 county health departments and serves as a partner organization to the six major metropolitan jurisdictions including:  Shelby County, Madison County, Davidson County, Knox County, Hamilton County and Sullivan County.

Recommended Precautions

Tennesseans are encouraged to take routine precautions used in guarding against respiratory viruses:     

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing
  • Don’t touch your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands
  • Stay home if you are sick
  • Stay away from people who are sick

 

COVID-19 Symptoms

Most patients with confirmed COVID-19 Coronavirus infection have mild respiratory illness with fever, cough and shortness of breath. A smaller number of patients have severe symptoms requiring hospitalization.

COVID-19 Information Line

TDH has launched a Tennessee Coronavirus Public Information Line in partnership with the Tennessee Poison Center. The number is 877.857.2945 and is available daily from 10:00am to 10:00pm CT.

People with concerns about their health should contact their health care providers. TDH has additional information available at www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated information and guidance available online at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

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