COVID-19 in Coffee County
News September 9, 2020
The Tennessee Department of Health reports a total of 848 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Coffee County as of September 9th, 2020. Currently, 732 cases are known to be inactive or recovered, as reported by the state lab. There are currently 108 known active cases in the county. Unfortunately,... Read more
Local COVID-19 trend analysis tool developed, provides significant time savings.
News September 9, 2020
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — As the Arnold Engineering Development Complex team worked to understand the impact of COVID-19 to Arnold Air Force Base and the geographically separated units, data analysis was, and continues to be, a daily task. Trend analysis charts were developed, but updating the data... Read more
TDOE Delays COVID-19 Dashboard for TN Schools
News September 9, 2020
TDOE Statement on COVID-19 District Information Dashboard The Tennessee Department of Education issued the statement below regarding its COVID-19 District Information Dashboard: The anticipated launch of the Tennessee Department of Education dashboard tracking COVID-19 cases in schools has been delayed due to technical difficulties with processing data across a... Read more
COVID-19 in Coffee County: September 8th, 2020.
News September 8, 2020
The Tennessee Department of Health reports a total of 836 positive cases of COVID-19 as of September 8th, 2020. Currently, 721 cases are considered to be recovered or “inactive” according to the new method of reporting by the state labs. There are 108 known active cases as of today,... Read more
Manchester’s ‘Safe on the Square’ Cancelled for 2020.
News September 8, 2020
In a joint statement from Mayor Lonnie Norman and Executive Director Joyce Prusak of the Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center, officials have announced that the yearly Halloween event “Safe on the Square” will not happen this year “in the interest of everyone’s health and well-being.” Officials stated in the joint... Read more
Harton Hospital: Hangtags to Help Prevent Heat-Related Car Deaths
News September 5, 2020
Tennova Healthcare – Harton’s Women’s Center is participating in Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s free car hangtags program. Included in the discharge package given to families as they and their newborns leave the hospital will be two of these hangtags. The hangtags will serve as a reminder to... Read more
TN National Guard forms Infectious Disease Team
News September 4, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee National Guard’s Infectious Disease Team is working hard to improve health procedures in at-risk facilities throughout Tennessee. The Tennessee Military Department formed the Infectious Disease Team in an effort to assess and improve processes and procedures in at-risk facilities around the state. The mobile, rapidly... Read more
TDOC Takes COVID-19 Actions
News September 4, 2020
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has launched another round of targeted testing for COVID-19 in all state correctional facilities. In conjunction with the Department of Health, Department of Military, Core Civic and Centurion, additional testing will be conducted out of an abundance of caution and following the... Read more
TDOE’s New COVID-19 District Information Dashboard Launches Next Week
News September 4, 2020
Update includes additional data around positive COVID-19 cases in districts and schools NASHVILLE, TN— Today, the Tennessee Department of Education released plans to report additional COVID-19 information at school and district levels, including numbers of new positive COVID-19 cases in districts and schools. “Parents and community members are working to... Read more
TDH Updates Reporting Format for COVID-19 Cases
News September 3, 2020
New Resources Include County Data Snapshots NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Health is improving the format for sharing of data on COVID-19 to update how some metrics are calculated and reflect evolving knowledge of the pandemic. The new format will begin September 3, 2020 and reflect a... Read more