November 21, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
The number of active COVID cases in DeKalb County has more than doubled within the last month.
According to the Tennessee Department of Health, DeKalb County had 152 active cases as of Tuesday, January 4, up from 88 on Thursday, December 30 and more than double the 74 cases reported on December 23 and 60 on December 3. There were 19 new cases Tuesday, January 4. Eighty-seven with COVID have died in DeKalb County since the pandemic began in March 2020, up by 10 since December 3 and 130 have been hospitalized due to COVID within the past 22months, up by 15 from December 23.
At last report 45.3% of the DeKalb County population had received at least one dose of COVID vaccine and 39.5 were fully vaccinated.
Over the seven-day period, December 28- January 3 DeKalb County had a case count of 125 for a daily case rate of 87.2 per 100,000 residents.
For the 14-day period, December 21- January 3 DeKalb County’s case count was 160 for a daily case rate of 55.8 per 100,000 residents.
For the 14 days prior, December 7 to December 20, the case count was 81 for a daily case rate of 28.2 per 100,000 residents.
From March 5, 2020, to January 3, 2022, DeKalb County has had a total of 4,581 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 for a daily case rate of 33.4 per 100,000 residents.
Over the last 7 days the average percent positive was 28.3 %