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Northeast Tennessee’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing volume remained well below the monthly average for the second day in a row Wednesday, and the region’s positive test rate climbed again, pushing the seven-day positivity rate to its highest point in 11 days. On Wednesday, the region reported 1,054 new tests — below the average of 2,821.7 new tests reported in the seven days preceding Tuesday, a day in which only 464 new tests were reported. As a result, the positive test rate for Wednesday was up to 31.02%, while the seven-day rate increased to 25.5%. Only one of the re...

Northeast Tennessee reported 14 new novel coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, tying a record for the fourth-highest single-day death toll reported in the region. In two days this week, Tennessee’s upper eight counties have reported 27 new deaths — 48% of the record 56 deaths reported between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6. If the region maintains its current average of 13.5 deaths per day, it would set a new record for deaths in a week by Friday. Since the beginning of the month, the region has reported 125 virus-related deaths and is on pace to set a new monthly death record sometime next w...

Tennessee Chamber of Commerce names Amazon executive as 2021 board chair Cassandra Stephenson, Nashville Tennessean © Courtesy of Moshe Zusman Holly Sullivan, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry 2021 Board of Directors chair and director of worldwide economic development for Amazon An Amazon executive and Nashville native is taking the reins of the 2021 Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors, the chamber announced Wednesday. Holly Sullivan, Amazon's director of worldwide economic development, will serve as the chair of the chamber's 54-member b...

With a record number of new COVID-19 diagnoses in the past week and the highest number of hospitalized patients yet during the pandemic, the region is beginning to see cases associated with Thanksgiving gatherings, according to Ballad Health officials. For the past week, the region had more than 4,000 new cases, the highest number yet for the pandemic, and the region is tracking to surpass that total this week as the new cases are 56% of that total for the first three days and should top 5,000, said Eric Deaton, chief operating officer for Ballad Health during Wednesday’s weekly coronavi...

Ballad Health officials were working overtime Wednesday to make space for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, which numbered more than 300 for the first time.