May 3, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased to 25.
As of Tuesday, May 5, the Tennessee Department of Health reported that 746 people had been tested with 721 negative results and 25 positive. There have been no deaths in DeKalb County from the virus and 13 of the 25 persons tested positive have recovered.
At 25 cases, DeKalb County ranks 4th highest in the Upper Cumberland region behind Putnam with 139, Cumberland 84, and Macon 53, Other counties in the region with COVID-19 cases are Smith 24,White 15, Cannon 12, Overton 9, Warren 8, Jackson 7, Clay 5, Fentress 5, Van Buren 2, and Pickett 0
The DeKalb County Health Department is conducting its COVID-19 drive through assessments each week Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the health department at 254 Tiger Drive.
Anyone, with or without COVID-19 symptoms who has concerns, is invited to receive testing for COVID-19. This testing will be provided at no cost to participants, and those who come for testing can remain in their vehicles throughout the process of collecting their samples.
Nurses and/or National Guard medics will collect nasal swabs from those who want to be tested, and test results may be available within 72 hours after the samples arrive at the lab, depending on lab volume.
Tennessee’s Coronavirus Public Information Lines are open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., CDT daily at 833-556-2476 or 877-857-2945. TDH is posting updated COVID-19 case numbers by 2 p.m. CDT each day at www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html. Find additional information at www.tn.gov/governor/covid-19.html and www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.
Visit the Tennessee Department of Health online at www.tn.gov/health.