November 15, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s number of active COVID-19 cases has jumped to 204 as of Monday, November 16. Twenty one new cases were documented on Monday
The COVID related death count in DeKalb County since March is 19.
Meanwhile, the DeKalb County Health Department has announced extended hours one day only for COVID-19 Drive Through Testing in DeKalb County on Monday, November 23 from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the health department at 254 Tiger Drive, Smithville
(Click Link Below for DeKalb County Report)
https://covid19.tn.gov/data/dashboards/?County=Dekalb
There have been 992 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 since March in DeKalb County , 32 have been hospitalized, and 769 are now inactive or have recovered.
Over the last seven days, (November 9 to November 15) DeKalb County had a case count of 148 for a daily case rate of 103.2 per 100,000 residents. That’s an increase from the seven day period of (November 4-10), when the case count locally was 109 for a daily case rate of 76 per 100,000 residents.
Over the last 14 days, (November 2-15), DeKalb County’s case count was 216 for a daily case rate of 75.3 per 100,000 residents.
For the 14 days prior (October 19 to November 1) the case count was 124 for a daily case rate of 43.2 per 100,000 residents.
From March 5 to November 15, 2020, DeKalb County has had a total of 971 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 for a daily case rate of 19.5 per 100,000 residents.
Over the last 7 days DeKalb County has averaged 89.96 tests per day (438.5 tests per 100,000 residents) and over the last 7 days the average percent positive was 10.3%.