July 22, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s confirmed number of COVID-19 cases now totals 192 with 116 active cases and 1 death.
As of Thursday, July 23, a total of 3,449 people had been tested with 3,257 negative results and 192 positive and 1 death. A total of 75 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 192 cases, DeKalb County ranks 6th highest in the 14 county Upper Cumberland region behind Putnam with 1,313 (9 deaths), Macon 747 (10 deaths), Cumberland 287 (6 deaths), Smith 268 (2 deaths ), and Warren 262 (3 deaths). Other counties in the region with COVID-19 cases are White 145 (3 deaths), Overton 102 (1 death), Jackson 91, Cannon 87, Fentress 48, Clay 41, Van Buren 19, and Pickett 16 (1 death)
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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html