November 29, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County Health Department had planned to extend its hours for COVID-19 testing for Monday November 30 only from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. but due to the weather, the testing ended today (Monday) at 3 p.m.
The COVID related death count in DeKalb County since March is now 22.
(Click Link Below for DeKalb County Report)
https://covid19.tn.gov/data/dashboards/?County=Dekalb
There have been 1,173 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 since March in DeKalb County , 33 have been hospitalized, and 984 are now inactive or have recovered.
Over the last seven days, (November 23 to November 29) DeKalb County had a case count of 91 for a daily case rate of 63.4 per 100,000 residents.
Over the last 14 days, (November 16-29), DeKalb County’s case count was 202 for a daily case rate of 70.4 per 100,000 residents.
For the 14 days prior (November 2-15 ) the case count was 216 for a daily case rate of 75.3 per 100,000 residents.
From March 5 to November 29, 2020, DeKalb County has had a total of 1,173 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 for a daily case rate of 22.1 per 100,000 residents.
Over the last 7 days DeKalb County has averaged 70.86 tests per day (345.8 tests per 100,000 residents) and over the last 7 days the average percent positive was 15.3%.