December 26, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
The number of active COVID cases in DeKalb County as of Thursday, December 23 was 74 with 7 new cases according to the Tennessee Department of Health. That’s an increase of 14 from the 60 active cases reported on Friday, December 3 in WJLE’s last report.
There have been 81 deaths in DeKalb County since the pandemic began in March 2020, up by 4 since December 3 and 115 have been hospitalized due to COVID within the past 21 months.
At last report 44.8% of the DeKalb County population had received at least one dose of COVID vaccine and 39.2% were fully vaccinated.
Over the last seven days, December 16-22 DeKalb County had a case count of 37 for a daily case rate of 25.8 per 100,000 residents
For the most recent 14 days, December 9-22 DeKalb County’s case count was 80 for a daily case rate of 27.9 per 100,000 residents.
For the 14 days prior, November 25 to December 8, the case count was 68 for a daily case rate of 23.7 per 100, 000 residents.
From March 5, 2020, to December 22, 2021, DeKalb County has had a total of 4,436 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 for a daily case rate of 33 per 100,000 residents.
Over the last 7 days the average percent positive was 11.2%.