DeKalb County Records 1st COVID-19 Death

July 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County is now on the growing list of communities with a coronavirus fatality.

According to the Tennessee Department of Health, DeKalb County has reported its first COVID-19 death.

DeKalb County’s confirmed number of COVID-19 cases now totals 145 with 75 active cases.

As of Monday, July 20, a total of 3,061 people had been tested with 2,916 negative results and 145 positive and 1 death. A total of 69 persons tested positive since March have recovered.

The DeKalb County Health Department’s new testing hours are Monday-Friday from 9am to 12 NOON every day.

At 145 cases, DeKalb County ranks 6th highest in the 14 county Upper Cumberland region behind Putnam with 1,214 (7 deaths), Macon 703 (8 deaths), Cumberland 255 (6 deaths), Warren 222 (3 deaths), and Smith 219 (2 deaths). Other counties in the region with COVID-19 cases are White 124 (3 deaths), Overton 91 (1 death), Jackson 72, Cannon 71, Fentress 41, Clay 34, Van Buren 14, and Pickett 10 (1 death)

(Click Link Below for COVID-19 Prevention Tips)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html

July 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Another “Blood Assurance” drive is coming up today (Monday July 20) from 12 noon until 5 p.m. at the county complex senior citizen center inside the bloodmobile.

Schedule an appointment at www.bloodassurance.org/dekalb or contact Jimmy Poss at 615-464-7426 or jimposs72@yahoo.com

Remember to eat a good meal, drink additional water, and avoid energy drinks and bring a photo ID.

Save time on your donation by answering your health history questions the day of the blood donation before you arrive. Just download “bloodassurancequickscreen” on your phone.

All donors will be given a special beach towel or cooler tote bag and donors age 18 and older who donate two times this summer will be automatically entered to win a medium Big Green Egg and Eggcessories Grill.

Blood Assurance is the sole blood provider for the local hospitals and your donation is needed for an adequate supply.

July 19, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Parents need to let the DeKalb County School District know by Tuesday, July 21 if they plan to opt for remote learning for their children starting Monday, August 3. But can parents who currently want to send their children to school change their minds between July 21 and August 3?

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps and Attendance Supervisor Joey Reeder appeared on WJLE Thursday morning to address this question and many others.

If you missed the program or would like to hear it again click the link below

https://www.wjle.com/reopening-dekalb-county-schools

One caller asked “if something were to change between July 21 and the first day of school would parents who are still planning to send their kids to school have the chance to change and do remote learning since this is a changing situation (COVID-19) everyday?”

“We are not saying you can’t but probably if something changes that drastically between July 21 and August 3 we may all (students) be doing remote learning. We are not locking ourselves in and saying you can’t do this or that but we really need an answer by 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 21 because our principals and counselors have to get the schedules for these kids made for their classes. You can’t do that in just a few minutes. It’s a process that takes several days. We already have parents concerned because they don’t know who their child’s teacher is yet. We first have to see what kind of numbers we have so we need to know by July 21 what your plans are,” said Reeder.

Another caller inquired about the availability of internet access especially for low income families who want remote learning.

“I was wondering if you opt to do the remote classroom, if there are any government or state grants to help low income families get Wi-Fi at their house?”

Reeder explained that chromebooks will be provided to all students in kindergarten through 12th grade this year and hot spots will be made available by DTC Communications for those who don’t have access to the Internet at home.

“We are not aware of any government or state grants to help families but every student will have a chromebook. DTC Communications has provided hot spots and additional hot spots are being worked on right now but we want DTC to announce those locations. They have been great through all this and a willing partner. We certainly appreciate DTC CEO Chris Townson and his board of directors and employees. They have been a big help in providing hot spots,” said Reeder.

“We do want people to realize that if you do not have Internet in your home we will allow you to do remote learning but it will be a very difficult proposition. Each day you will have to go to a hot spot and download class work. It can be done. You can do remote learning without home Internet but it will be quite a chore for you,” added Reeder.

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