We're Number 1

Sumner County leads the state in deaths from COVID-19, reports the Hendersonville Standard:

Sumner County leads the state in the number of deaths related to COVID-19, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

The department has released the daily data for several weeks since the coronavirus outbreak. However today is the first day the state has released the number of fatalities related to the respiratory disease by county.

The data shows that of the 24 people in Tennessee who have died from the disease, seven are from Sumner County.

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