Tag Archives: Covid

A spokesperson for NHC Healthcare said that extra precautions are being taken to prevent the continued spread of COVID-19 in the Cookeville facility. In a statement, NHC said that company was notified of asymptomatic COVID positive staff and patients during the weekly testing process. NHC Cookeville reported 11 positive cases Sunday. Currently there are 3 patient cases under investigation. The ... Read More »

The NHC Cookeville long-term care facility reported 11 positive COVID cases Sunday. The cluster includes six positive tests among patients and five positive tests among employees. One patient and one employee have already recovered. Another patient has been transferred to the hospital. The South Walnut Avenue facility, home to 83 residents, reports one additional case under investigation. Cookeville’s branch becomes ... Read More »

Due to growing COVID-9 cases in McMinnville, City Administrator Nolan Ming has closed facility lobbies effective Monday. “The threshold is an average of less than 10 new cases per 100,000 over the last 14 days,” Ming said. “This threshold for acceptable disease transmission within the community may be adjusted in the future as we learn more. As of today, we ... Read More »

School systems statewide will have a new tool for dealing with a COVID reopening: the closing of one school because of a COVID outbreak. Putnam County’s Director of Schools Corby King said shut downs could be tailored. “With this, the state has given us leeway to close individual schools,” King said. “So if I have an outbreak at one school, ... Read More »

Overton County Health and Rehabilitation Center is changing its admission policy in order to combat COVID-19. Public Information Officer Scott Stephens said the stringent measures have been put in place to keep the center’s positive cases at zero. For a patient to be admitted, they will have to have a negative COVID test and go through a quarantine period. “We ... Read More »

The death toll increased to two at NHC of McMinnville where a cluster outbreak of COVID-19 has been affecting the facility for over a week. The long-term care facility reports 37 total positive cases among patients and staff. 22 patients tested positive for COVID and are being treated at the facility. 13 employees have tested positive. An additional three team ... Read More »

One person has died amidst the COVID cluster outbreak at NHC of McMinnville with another patient transferred to the hospital. The McMinnville long-term facility reports 18 patients have tested positive. 16 are currently being treated at the facility. Nine employees have tested positive, according to data released by NHC. This weekend’s death the first COVID death at the facility. The ... Read More »

The US Department of Commerce’ Economic Development Administration awarded a $300,000 CARES Act grant to Tennessee Tech to assist in regional economic development. “We are pleased to make this investment in Tennessee Technological University’s Tennessee Center for Rural Innovation to respond to coronavirus in the rural Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee,” Commerce Representative Dana Gartzke said. The money will be ... Read More »

The White County Schools will start the fall term with students in school two days a week and at home three days. The hybrid model, according to Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger, represents a cautious way to ensure student safety. “We’re going to open with students in school two days a week and we’ll have one cohort that comes on ... Read More »

COVID hospitalizations Wednesday reached the highest number since the outbreak began at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. “We currently have 17 positive COVID-19 inpatients, the highest number of positive inpatients we have had since the beginning of the pandemic,” CRMC Director Of Public Relations Melahn Finley said. Finley said the hospital has plans in place should the numbers go higher. Cookeville ... Read More »