{"id":15920,"date":"2020-04-23T18:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T23:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=15920"},"modified":"2020-04-24T00:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T05:34:42","slug":"tennessee-governor-bill-lees-covid-19-bulletin-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/04\/23\/tennessee-governor-bill-lees-covid-19-bulletin-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor Bill Lee\u2019s COVID-19 Bulletin #24"},"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, Thursday, April&nbsp; 23rd, 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>Expanded Testing Continues This Weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee\u2019s expanded COVID-19 Coronavirus testing continues this weekend, with the Tennessee Department of Health opening 17 drive-through sites across the state (April 25th-26th). We encourage every Tennessean who isn\u2019t feeling well or has been in close contact with someone positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus, to visit a free testing site in their community.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Department of Health nurses and Tennessee National Guard medics will perform tests at these drive-through sites and results are projected to be delivered to participants within 72 hours of testing. In addition to drive-through testing sites, Tennesseans can get a test free of charge, five days a week at every rural county health department in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drive-through testing sites will also be available during the weekend of May 2nd-3rd. A full list of sites is available <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/health\/news\/2020\/4\/15\/covid-19-drive-through-testing-locations-open-this-weekend-statewide.html\" >here<\/a>, and additional information is available&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/news\/2020\/4\/15\/gov--lee-announces-aggressive-statewide-covid-19-testing-effort.html\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Economic Recovery Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Lee is working to safely open as many Tennessee businesses as possible in 89 of our 95 counties next week. We continue to engage directly with larger communities in the remaining 6 counties as we support their unique re-open plans (Shelby County, Madison County, Davidson County, Hamilton County, Knox County and Sullivan County)<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bill Lee previewed two industry reopens that will be covered in-depth tomorrow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restaurants operating at 50% capacity and following the guidance will be allowed to open on Monday, April 27.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Retail outfits operating at 50% capacity and following the guidance will be allowed to open next Wednesday, April 29.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional details will be announced at Friday\u2019s press briefing with Tennessee\u2019s Economic Recovery Group and full guidance will be posted&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/covid-19\/economic-recovery.html\" >here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do Your Part, Stay Apart Public Service Announcement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of March, the State of Tennessee launched the \u201cDo your part, stay apart\u201d PSA campaign, which tallied over 20 million impressions in less than 30 days, and included Tennesseans from all across the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we look ahead to the re-opening of our state and getting Tennesseans safely back to work, we welcome Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to our efforts. As Trisha and Garth tell us \u2013 every Tennessean has played a role in slowing the spread of the virus by staying home and saving lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additional information and metrics on the \u201cDo your part, Stay apart\u201d public service campaign can be found&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/news\/2020\/4\/23\/trisha-yearwood--garth-brooks-join-tennessee--do-your-part--stay-apart--campaign.html\" >here<\/a> and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood\u2019s PSA can be viewed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f5ptJkLaet0\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Department Updates<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner McCord gave an update on department actions to support Tennesseans during this pandemic, including system upgrades and benefit distribution.<\/p>\n<p>More information from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/covid-19\/unemployment.html\" >here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee Department of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Schwinn joined today\u2019s briefing to give an update on new guidance for superintendents, CARES Act funding, and the COVID-19 Child Wellbeing Task Force.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More information from the Tennessee Department of Education can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/governor\/covid-19\/education.html\" >here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee State Parks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Salyers provided the following update on state parks closures:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most state parks to reopen for day-use only Friday, April 24th, with the exception of Cummins Falls State Park, Seven Islands State Birding Park and Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park, which will remain closed to the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More information from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation can be found <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/environment.html\" >here<\/a><u>.<\/u>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[470center]<\/p>\n<h3>Current Department of Health Testing Results (as of 2 p.m. 4\/23)<\/h3>\n<table width=\"100%\">\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\">8,266<\/td>\n<td width=\"125\">793<\/td>\n<td width=\"131\">170<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">&nbsp;4,193<\/td>\n<td width=\"124\">123,100<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Today, Thursday, April&nbsp; 23rd, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee\u2019s provided an update on Tennessee\u2019s efforts regarding COVID-19 Coronavirus relief. Governor Lee\u2019s daily press conferences will resume next Monday through Thursday at 3:00pm CT and can be viewed here. 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