Published: 7/28/2022
IN THE NEWEST WEEKLY COVID CASE REPORT, THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RELEASED DATA FOR COVID 19 ACROSS FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 17TH AND JULY 23RD, NUMBERS ARE TRENDING UPWARD ACROSS THE STATE WITH APPROXIMATELY 2,888 NEW CASES STATEWIDE EACH DAY LAST WEEK, WITH 13+ NEW DEATHS REPORTED PER DAY ON AVERAGE. TOTAL TENNESSEE CASES TO DATE IS NOW OVER 2,188,171 CASES, WITH 26,947 RESIDENT FATALITIES. GILES COUNTY IS NOW LISTED AS A HIGH RISK AREA WITH EXTREMELY HIGH TRANSMISSION RATES IN GILES AND MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING AREAS. WE ARE REPORTING APPROXIMATELY 116.2 NEW ACTIVE CASES IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, A HIGH POSITIVITY RATE OF 32%, AND 197 FATALITIES TO DATE. GILES COUNTY HAS NOW BROKEN A MILESTONE - REPORTING OVER 10,062 CASES TO DATE. THE CDC AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS INDICATED MASKS ARE NOW AGAIN RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE REGARDLESS OF VACCIANTION STATUS - AND VACCINATIONS AND BOOSTERS ARE IMPORTANT - ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OVER 50 AND THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. GILES IS 40.1% FULLY VACCIANTED COMPARED TO TENNESSEE’S 51.9%, AND THE COUNTRY’S OVERALL FULLY VACCINATED RATE OF 67.7%.
