Nashville Sees Surge in COVID19 Cases as Nearby Sumner Re-Opens

Even as suburban counties such as Sumner "re-open" per Gov. Bill Lee's plan, Nashville is seeing a surge in cases of COVID-19, reports WSMV.

The transmission rate of COVID-19 in Davidson County has increased to 1.0 after an additional 100 cases were reported on Monday. Health offiicals also reported two deaths.

The increase raised Metro's total to 2,588, an increase of 375 new cases since Saturday.

Dr. Alex Jahangir said it was likely the Safer at Home order for Nashville would be extended because of the data.

"May 1 is Friday and, as we've discussed, we'll probably extend the order for sometime," said Jahangir on Tuesday. "I don't have an answer for when that is and, and I have mentioned, we'll try to give everyone enough leadway to when that is."

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