January 19, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
According to the state department of health’s website, some counties in Middle Tennessee including DeKalb do not have COVID-19 vaccines currently available at their health departments.
Warren, DeKalb, Cannon, White, and Smith counties are among those listed for being out of the COVID-19 treatment. Putnam and Wilson counties have a limited supply of the vaccine. The website lists each county and how to make an appointment for the first doses depending on the current phase.
https://covid19.tn.gov/vaccine_phase/dekalb-county/
Meanwhile the COVID-19 related death count in DeKalb County has increased to 41.
As of Monday, January 18, DeKalb County recorded 6 new cases bringing the total number of active cases to 209.
Forty one people with COVID 19 have died in DeKalb County within the last 11 months and 45 have been hospitalized. The total number of confirmed or probable cases of COVID 19 in DeKalb County since March stands at 2,423 and 2.173 are now inactive or have recovered.
At last report, DeKalb County had the 59th highest COVID-19 infection rate among Tennessee counties (per capita) and the 1,543rd highest in the nation according to COVID ACT Now (CAN).
(Click link below to view CAN report on DeKalb County)
https://www.covidactnow.org/us/tennessee-tn/county/de_kalb_county?
Over the last seven days, DeKalb County had a case count of 79 for a daily case rate of 55.1 per 100,000 residents and the average positive percentage was 18.4%
(Click Link Below for DeKalb County Report)