DeKalb COVID-19 Update

January 10, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The COVID-19 related death count in DeKalb County stands at 37 according to the Tennessee Department of Health.

As of Saturday, January 9, DeKalb County recorded 29 new cases bringing the total number of active cases to 271.

Thirty seven people with COVID 19 have died in DeKalb County within the last ten months and 40 have been hospitalized. The total number of confirmed or probable cases of COVID 19 in DeKalb County since March stands at 2,302 and 1,994 are now inactive or have recovered.

At last report, DeKalb County had the 6th highest COVID-19 infection rate among Tennessee counties (per capita) and the 226 highest in the nation according to COVID ACT Now (CAN).

(Click link below to view CAN report on DeKalb County)

https://www.covidactnow.org/us/tennessee-tn/county/de_kalb_county?

Over the last seven days, DeKalb County had a case count of 147 for a daily case rate of 102.5 per 100,000 residents and the average positive percentage was 30.5%

(Click Link Below for DeKalb County Report)

https://covid19.tn.gov/data/dashboards/?County=Dekalb

 

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