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East Tennessee State Universityâs College of Public Health will host its second âCoronavirus: Separating Fact From Fictionâ webinar on Tuesday, this time focusing on questions about the COVID-19 vaccines.
âI think itâs really important (to have events like this),â Dr. Randy Wykoff, the collegeâs dean, said. âThereâs so many sources of information out there and itâs completely understandable when folks donât quite know what reality is when theyâre hearing completely different stories from different places.
âOur goal here is to put folks who know what theyâre talking about to present a little bit of information but, more importantly, answer questions people really have,â he continued. âHopefully, for the folks who are interested in learning more, this will be a good opportunity for them.â
As the nation moves through the vaccination phases of the coronavirus pandemic, East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health is hosting a second installment of its popular “Coronavirus: Separating
Tennessee reported a record 192 novel coronavirus-related (COVID-19) fatalities on Tuesday, putting the state on the precipice of a new monthly high for deaths.
Tennessee has reported 2,255 deaths since Jan. 1 â just 50 shy of Decemberâs record 2,305 deaths. Through 26 days in January, the state has averaged 86.7 deaths per day, far outpacing last monthâs 74.3 average.
If the monthly death record doesnât fall on Wednesday, it will likely fall on Thursday, as the state has only recorded fewer than 50 deaths over a two-day period twice in the past two months.
Northeast Tennessee is also likely to see its monthly death record fall, adding 21 virus-related deaths on Tuesday â tied for its third-highest single-day toll. It is the third time this month at least 20 deaths have been reported in the region.