May 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s confirmed number of COVID-19 cases is now at 35.
As of Tuesday, May 26, the Tennessee Department of Health reported that 1,195 people had been tested with 1,160 negative results and 35 positive. There have been no deaths in DeKalb County from the virus and 26 of the 35 persons tested positive have recovered.
The DeKalb County Health Department conducts free drive through assessments for COVID-19 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9am-3pm. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.
At 35 cases, DeKalb County ranks 4th highest in the Upper Cumberland region behind Putnam with 410, Cumberland 111, and Macon 108. Other counties in the region with COVID-19 cases are Smith 30, White 27, Overton 23, Warren 21, Cannon 17, Jackson 17, Fentress 12, Clay 6, Van Buren 4, and Pickett 3.