April 10, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 9. As of Sunday April 12, the Tennessee Department of Health reports that 223 people have been tested with 214 negative results and 9 positive. There have been no deaths in DeKalb County from the virus and one of the nine tested positive has recovered.
The DeKalb County Health Department has established a COVID-19 drive through assessment site for county residents at the DeKalb County Health Department, 254 Tiger Drive, Smithville, Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm. Additional information about Tennessee’s assessment sites is available for each county on the Tennessee Department of Health website at www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov/remote-assessment-sites.html.