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)
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