August 11, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s confirmed number of COVID-19 cases now totals 365 with 157 active and 2 deaths.
As of Monday, August 10 a total of 5,124 people had been tested with 4,759 negative results and 365 positive and 2 deaths. A total of 206 persons tested positive since March have recovered.
The DeKalb County Health Department’s testing hours are Monday-Friday from 9am to 12 NOON every day.
At 365 cases, DeKalb County ranks 6th highest in the 14 county Upper Cumberland region behind Putnam with 1,785 (18 deaths), Macon 860 (13 deaths), Warren 533 (4 deaths), Cumberland 458 (6 deaths), and Smith 455 (4 deaths ). Other counties in the region with COVID-19 cases are White 294 (5 deaths), Overton 198 (1 death), Cannon 151, Jackson 129 (1 death), Fentress 96, Clay 78, Van Buren 36, and Pickett 37 (1 death)
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https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html