The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Tennessee on March 5, 2020. The patient was a 44-year-old adult man and resident of Williamson County who recently flew on a nonstop flight to Boston through Nashville’s airport.
On March 12, Governor Bill Lee issues an executive order declaring a state of emergency until May 11. On March 16, Nashville’s mayor forces bars to close in Nashville and Davidson County and imposes limitations on restaurants. Governor Lee asks schools to close by March 20.
On March 20, the first death is reported in Nashville.
On March 22, UT medical Center reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19. The case involves a staff member and is confirmed by the Knox County Health Department.
On March 23, Memphis’s mayor and Shelby County’s mayor issued “stay at home” executive orders that take effect for Memphis and Shelby County the following day.
On April 2, Governor Lee issued a “stay at home” executive order for the entire state, effective through April 14. On April 13, he extended the order through April 30. Two days later, Governor Lee recommended that all Tennessee schools close for the rest of the 2019–2020 school year.
Lee confirmed the “stay at home” executive order would expire on April 30, and the majority of businesses would be able to reopen the following day, May 1.
On May 15, the state of Tennessee announced Phase 2 of reopening, set to start May 22. This applied to 89 of Tennessee’s 95 counties (all but Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Shelby, and Sullivan counties) announced that Knoxville would follow the state’s guidelines. Dollywood announced it would reopen soon.
On May 19, every county in Tennessee was confirmed to have had COVID-19.
March 2023:
The community risk level is low.
Over the last week, Tennessee had 6,167 new reported cases (90.6 for every 100,000 residents). Reported cases do not include all at-home positive tests.
Overall Pandemic:
Total cases reported in TN of COVID-19: 2.45 M
Total deaths: 28, 993
C/O: Wikipedia and www.covidactnow.org
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