{"id":15905,"date":"2020-04-22T19:33:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15905"},"modified":"2020-04-22T19:33:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T00:33:48","slug":"tennessee-governor-bill-lees-covid-19-bulletin-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/04\/22\/tennessee-governor-bill-lees-covid-19-bulletin-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor Bill Lee\u2019s COVID-19 Bulletin #23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-330575\" title=\"Tennessee State Government\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tennessee-State-Government-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee State Government\" width=\"250\" height=\"74\">Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Today, Wednesday, April&nbsp; 22nd, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee\u2019s provided an update on Tennessee\u2019s efforts regarding COVID-19 Coronavirus relief.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Lee\u2019s daily press conferences will resume next Monday through Thursday at 3:00pm CT and can be viewed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sts.streamingvideo.tn.gov\/Mediasite\/Catalog\/catalogs\/mediasiteadmin-covid-19-media-briefing\" >here<\/a>. Governor Lee has also established a website specific to COVID-19 Coronavirus updates which can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/covid-19.html\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444646\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Tennessee-Governor-Bill-Lee.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444646\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-444646\" title=\"Tennessee Governor Bill Lee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Tennessee-Governor-Bill-Lee-480x325.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Governor Bill Lee\" width=\"480\" height=\"325\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-444646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennessee Governor Bill Lee<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Key Updates<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Important Data Points:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Lee highlighted key data points from the White House guidelines for <a href=\"White%20House%20guidelines%20for%20Opening%20Up%20America%20Again\">Opening Up America Again,<\/a> which highlight three key data buckets:&nbsp;symptoms, cases, and hospital capacity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the past three weeks, both flu-like symptoms and COVID-like symptoms have steadily declined within the vast majority of Tennessee\u2019s hospitals (see attachment).<\/li>\n<li>For the last 19 days, Tennessee has seen a steady decline in the growth rate of new COVID-19 Coronavirus cases.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>To date, we have had 775 of our 7,842 COVID-19 Coronavirus positive patients hospitalized. Through these hospitalizations, we have kept a close watch on the capacity of our hospitals, and they continue to deliver on care without a change in normal operations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Data Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Testing: Tennessee has been aggressive on testing and identifying new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus thanks to private sector partners and the work of the Unified-Command Group.<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee ranks 12th in the nation for total tests and 15th in the nation for tests per 100,000 people.<\/li>\n<li>We continuously watch the average day over day increase in growth rate of COVID-19 Coronavirus and want to see a doubling rate of at least 11 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional data updates from the Tennessee Department of Health can be found&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/885e479b688b4750837ba1d291b85aed\" >here<\/a>, and more information on White House guidelines for Opening Up America Again can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/openingamerica\/\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<h3>Administration Actions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Support for Tennessee\u2019s Long-Term Care Facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee\u2019s COVID-19 Unified-Command Group has made great efforts to ensure vulnerable populations are protected, especially residents of our state\u2019s long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Tennessee\u2019s COVID-19 Unified-Command Group released new data on COVID-19 Coronavirus in the state\u2019s long-term care facilities and outlined its action plan on how to prevent further cases and mitigate existing clusters within these facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Tennessee Department of Health will begin reporting the number of confirmed cases and COVID-19-related fatalities in all long-term care facilities across the state.<\/p>\n<p>More information on actions to ensure the safety of Tennessee\u2019s long-term care facilities can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/news\/2020\/4\/22\/unified-command-releases-new-data--special-report-on-nursing-homes.html\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Current Department of Health Testing Results (as of 2 p.m. 4\/21)<\/h3>\n<table width=\"100%3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"126\"><strong>Confirmed Cases<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"125\"><strong>Hospitalizations<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"131\"><strong>Fatalities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><strong>&nbsp; Recovered<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"124\"><strong>Total Tests<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"126\">7,842<\/td>\n<td width=\"125\">775<\/td>\n<td width=\"131\">166<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">&nbsp;4,012<\/td>\n<td width=\"124\">114,980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on COVID-19 Coronavirus in Tennessee, please visit the Tennessee Department of Health\u2019s website <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/cedep\/ncov.html\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarksvilleonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F04%2FInfluenza-Report.pdf&hl=en_US&embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:500px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Influenza-Report.pdf\"  class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 733KB)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Today, Wednesday, April&nbsp; 22nd, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee\u2019s provided an update on Tennessee\u2019s efforts regarding COVID-19 Coronavirus relief. 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