Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) reports that there have been 481,706 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus as of Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020. That is an increase of 4,606 cases from Tuesday’s 477,100. There have been 5,612 (+83) confirmed deaths in Tennessee because of the virus.
There have been E I G H T E E N new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Henry County. The total is at 2,197. There has been thirty four (+1) deaths in Henry County due to the virus. E I G H T new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Stewart County. The total of cases in Stewart County is 813. There has been nineteen deaths in Stewart County due to the virus.
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N I N T Y F I V E new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Robertson County. The total is at 6,012. There have been seventy one deaths in Robertson County due to the virus. There have been F I F T Y T H R E E new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Cheatham County. The total is at 2,609. There has been twenty one deaths in Cheatham County due to the virus.
There have been S I X Y T H R E E new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Dickson County. The total in Dickson County is at 4,327. There has been fifty seven (+4) deaths in Dickson County because of the virus.
S E V E N new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Houston County. The total in Houston County is 762. There has been twenty one deaths in Houston County due to the virus. E I G H T new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Benton County. The total is at 1,118. There has been twenty eight (+2) deaths in Benton County due to the virus.
There have been T W E L V E new case of the COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Humphreys County. The total is at 1,093. There has been eleven deaths in Humphreys County due to the virus.
T W E N T Y T W O new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Carroll County. The total in Carroll County is 2,251. There have been forty seven deaths in Carroll County due to the virus.
There have been O N E H U N D R E D T H I R T Y T W O new cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus reported in Montgomery County. The total is at 10,537. Fourteen of the new cases reported today were in the age group of 5-18 year olds. There has been 115 (+3) deaths in Montgomery County due to the virus.
No news cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus have been reported in Christian County Kentucky. The total is at 3,896. There have been forty nine deaths in Christian County Kentucky due to the virus.
Nashville-Davidson County now has 57,330 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus. That is an increase of 796 cases from Tuesday’s 56,534. There have been 529 (+4) deaths in Davidson County due to the virus.
According to John Hopkins University there are now a total of 18,381,991 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in the United States. That is an increase of 191,218 cases in 24 hours from Tuesday’s 18,190,773. There have now been 325,097 deaths in the United States connected to COVID-19 Coronavirus. This is an increase of 2,889 deaths from Tuesday’s 322,208.
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Tennessee Confirmed Cases
Case Management Protocol
- The Tennessee Department of Health will post updated COVID-19 Coronavirus cases including county of residence by 2:00pm each day at www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html [3].
- The TDH State Public Health Laboratory is running COVID-19 Coronavirus testing seven days a week to assist public health authorities and health care workers in identifying cases and treating individuals.
- TDH directly oversees 89 county health departments and serves as a partner organization to the six major metropolitan jurisdictions including: Shelby County, Madison County, Davidson County, Knox County, Hamilton County and Sullivan County.
Recommended Precautions
Tennesseans are encouraged to take routine precautions used in guarding against respiratory viruses:
- Wash your hands often with soap and water. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing
- Don’t touch your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands
- Stay home if you are sick
- Stay away from people who are sick
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COVID-19 Symptoms
Most patients with confirmed COVID-19 Coronavirus infection have mild respiratory illness with fever, cough and shortness of breath. A smaller number of patients have severe symptoms requiring hospitalization.
COVID-19 Information Line
TDH has launched a Tennessee Coronavirus Public Information Line in partnership with the Tennessee Poison Center. The number is 877.857.2945 and is available daily from 10:00am to 10:00pm CT.
People with concerns about their health should contact their health care providers. TDH has additional information available at www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html [3]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated information and guidance available online at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html [4]