Hospitals still overwhelmed, low on staff
Source: TN Dept. of HealthThe Tennessee Department of Health on Sunday reported a total of 689,808 cases of COVID-19 across the state, up 14,839 cases since Monday on 11,986 new test results a 12.4 percent positivity rate.
Of the total number of cases, 8,470 people have died up 40 from the number 24 hours earlier.
The number of recorded active cases in Tennessee has fallen 20 percent in two weeks, with state health officials reporting that 57,032 individuals are currently infected with COVID.
The number of people who have been hospitalized with the virus in the state has fallen more than 21 percent in the past two weeks. On Tuesday, the health department reported 2,647 people are being treated for confirmed COVID across 114 hospitals.
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Sydney Allen, RN with CMC, was first in line. The vaccine was given to her at CMC on Sunday, Dec. 20, by Malissa Mocsari with Covenant Healthâs Clinical Safety office at 6:03 a.m. alert featured top story Dec 21, 2020
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Sydney Allen, RN with CMC, was first in line. The vaccine was given to her at CMC on Sunday, Dec. 20, by Malissa Mocsari with Covenant Healthâs Clinical Safety office at 6:03 a.m.
Front-line health care workers at Cumberland Medical Center are now receiving COVID-19 vaccinations.
âOur first COVID-19 vaccines were given at 6:03 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20,â a media statement from the Crossville hospital stated.Â
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Covenant Health parent company of Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge received its first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech (mRNA vaccine) COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 17.
The first round of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution will be offered to employees working in environments that are considered high risk or high exposure to COVID-19, according to a news release. Receiving the vaccine is voluntary for staff.
The vaccine will be administered on a planned schedule at all Covenant Health acute care facilities. The vaccine also will be available for home health employees and employees who work in long-term care facilities. These East Tennessee facilities include, in addition to MMC: