COVID-19 Takes a Toll

NHC in Hendersonville reports a death due to COVID-19, the Hendersonville Standard has the story:

A Hendersonville nursing home last week became the county’s third long-term care facility to report a patient death related to COVID-19.

NHC Healthcare on Old Shackle Island Road reported the death to the Tennessee Department of Health on July 23, according to Department of Health Communications Director Shelley Walker.

 The list includes five Sumner County long-term care facilities and accounts for 30 of Sumner’s 68 COVID-19 deaths. The facilities are:

• · The Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing has reported 25 deaths; 99 residents have tested positive for COVID-19; 55 residents have recovered and 69 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. The facility has 173 residents.
• · NHC Place in Gallatin has reported four deaths; eight residents have tested positive for the virus; four have recovered and nine staff members have tested positive. The facility has 77 residents.
• · At Signature Health of Portland Rehab and Wellness Center, one resident and four staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. None have recovered. The facility has 87 residents.
• · At Westmoreland Care and Rehabilitation Center, 10 residents and 12 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. None have recovered. The facility has 98 residents.
• · NHC Healthcare on Old Shackle Island Road. The facility has 95 residents. Nine have tested positive for COVID-19; one has recovered and eight staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus. One death has been reported at the facility.

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Will Back to School Mean More COVID?

Neighboring Wilson County has pushed back the start of their school year to August 17th due to concerns around COVID19. Meanwhile, Alcoa City Schools started school on Wednesday and announced a first positive COVID case by Friday.

Metro Nashville is starting school completely online while Williamson County is using remote learning for all but those students in grades K-2.

Sumner is slated to start school under a hybrid schedule and then move to on campus learning for students in grades K-5 by August 17th.

Here’s more:

http://tnedreport.com/2020/07/back-to-school-back-to-covid/

https://hendersonvillenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/teachers-in-face-shields.html

Could Masks Prevent a COVID-19 Comeback?

A new study suggests the answer is YES:

Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when combined with lockdowns, according to a British study on Wednesday. 

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