Healthy living in Southern Middle Tennessee
Tennessee has continued its streak of setting a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations each day in the month of September. The Tennessee Department of Health reported 3,798 coronavirus patients were hospitalized statewide, as of Sept. 8, breaking the record-high of 3,776, which was set just one day prior. The state’s department of health added there …
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On Tuesday Tennessee set another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations as 3,693 patients are now hospitalized with COVID. This is the seventh straight day of record high COVID hospitalizations in the state. According to early Tuesday morning data from the Tennessee Department of Health 1,034 COVID patients are in the ICU and 723 are on ventilators. …
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On September 1, 2021, following a three-day trial in the United States District Court at Chattanooga, a jury convicted Mark Daniel Allen, 64, formerly of Manchester, Tennessee, of unlawfully distributing prescription opioids to patients at a clinic he owned in Manchester, Tennessee. Following the jury’s verdict, Allen was taken into custody. Sentencing is scheduled for …
As has been true throughout America’s COVID-19 history, every state—and every county therein—has its own COVID-19 story, driven by local policies and behaviors. The United States as of September 1 had reached 640,914 COVID-19-related deaths and 39.2 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. The website Stacker compiled a list of the counties with highest …
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Due to the increased COVID-19 cases in the county, all Grundy County schools will be closed from Friday, Sept. 3 through Friday, Sept. 10. School will resume two Mondays from now, Sept. 13. All extracurricular activities are also canceled during this time.
COVID-19 is hitting area hospitals hard. More people hospitalized in Tennessee with COVID-19 than at any other time in the pandemic. Wednesday afternoon a new record of 3,338 people were in hospitals with COVID. 943 are in ICU, 661 on ventilators. The old record was 3,314 set in early January.
Advocates say the USDA’s recent 25% Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit increase, slated to go into effect in October, will help more families struggling to stay afloat as unemployment benefits expire and the Delta variant continues to complicate economic recovery. Food insecurity in Tennessee has risen dramatically over the past year and a half, especially among …
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The number of school-aged children testing positive for COVID-19 the last 14 days has grown to 28,350 as of Monday according to the Tennessee Department of Education (TDE). The total represents an increase of over 3,350 since Friday’s report from TDE and represents a 604% increase compared to the 4,025 positive cases 29 days ago …
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Testing will take place Monday through Thursday from 8:30am-10:30am (nurse test). Friday-8:30am-10:30am and 12:30pm-3:30pm (self-test). Self-test is also available Monday-Thursday 12:30-3:30pm for 16yrs and older. Covid Vaccine: Moderna: Monday-Friday-8:30am-10:30am and 12:30pm-3:30pm Pfizer: Tuesday and Thursday- 12:30pm-3:30pm For further questions please contact FC Health Department at (931) 967-3826. *Schedules are subject to change Covid-19 testing will …
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