May 5, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Starting on Monday May 10 the location for COVID vaccinations will be moving from the DeKalb County Fairgrounds in Alexandria back to the DeKalb County Health Department in Smithville.
Walk-ins will be from 9am-2pm Monday-Friday. Appointments can also be scheduled by calling 615-597-7599 or by visiting vaccinate.tn.gov.
As of May 4, DeKalb County had 25 active cases of COVID-19 including 4 new cases. There have been 54 deaths within the past 14 months and 56 hospitalized. DeKalb County has recorded 2,792 cases since March 2020 and 2,713 have recovered. Over the last seven days the case count is 16 for a rate of 11.2 per 100,000 residents. Within the last seven days the average positive percentage was 8.7%.