Published: 8/11/2022
IN THE NEWEST WEEKLY COVID CASE REPORT, THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RELEASED DATA FOR COVID 19 ACROSS FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 31ST AND AUGUST 6TH, NUMBERS ARE STILL HIGH ACROSS THE STATE WITH APPROXIMATELY 2,525 NEW CASES STATEWIDE EACH DAY LAST WEEK, WITH 13+ NEW DEATHS REPORTED PER DAY ON AVERAGE. TOTAL TENNESSEE CASES TO DATE IS NOW OVER 2,224,528 CASES, WITH 27,118 RESIDENT FATALITIES. GILES COUNTY IS AGAIN LISTED AS A HIGH RISK AREA WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION RATES REPORTED IN GILES AND MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING AREAS. WE ARE REPORTING APPROXIMATELY 98 NEW ACTIVE CASES IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, A HIGH POSITIVITY RATE OF 33.3%, AND 199 FATALITIES TO DATE. GILES COUNTY HAS NOW BROKEN A MILESTONE - REPORTING OVER 10,257 CASES TO DATE. THE CDC AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS INDICATED MASKS ARE NOW AGAIN RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS - AND VACCINATIONS AND BOOSTERS ARE IMPORTANT - ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OVER 50 AND THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. GILES IS 40.2% FULLY VACCINATED COMPARED TO TENNESSEE’S 52%, AND THE COUNTRY’S OVERALL FULLY VACCINATED RATE OF 68%.
