Stop me if you've heard this before ... another day, another grim milestone.

Yesterday, the state set another record for one-day death totals, hitting 100 deaths for the first time.

Metro Nashville

As of 9:30 today, the city reported 51,633 confirmed cases, an increase of 666 since yesterday. There are currently 3,009 active cases in Nashville, 48,234 inactive or recovered cases and 444 active hospitalizations. With 390 deaths (up 10 since Monday), the city has a case fatality rate of 0.76%. In Davidson County, 690,699 tests have been administered with an overall positive rate of 9% (and a 7-day testing percent positive of 14.9%).

Out of 8 metrics on the trend lines, Nashville has 2 in the green, 4 in the yellow and 2 in the red - transmission rate and new cases per 100,000 residents. With a goal for transmission to be less than 1.00, the city's current transmission rate of 1.20, keeping the city in the red. The 14-day case trend is in the yellow with new cases categorized as having a 'slight' increase. Public health and testing capacity remain in the green, as they have throughout.

As of 9:30 am this morning, hospital floor bed capacity remained in the yellow with 17% availability, and ICU beds returned to the yellow with current availability at 10% capacity (up from 9% on Monday, which put the metric in the red). The goal for both hospital and ICU bed capacity is 20%.

The New Cases per 100K Residents has remained in the red for the last few weeks. The goal of the seven-day rolling average is to be less than 10. Currently, Nashville sits at 65.1 as of 9:30 am this morning. The goal for the 7-Day Positivity Rate is to see a figure at 10% or less. Currently, Nashville remains in the yellow with a rate of 14.9%.

More detailed data is available on the Metro Dashboard. Click here for details.

Nashville remains in a modified Phase 3 of COVID Reopening with new restrictions having been put in place over the last couple of weeks, including the Rule of 8 for indoor gatherings without a pre-approved event plan. The city also continues its mask mandate, with several nearby counties having reinstated similar mandates after letting them expire earlier. Governor Bill Lee extended the Tennessee State of Emergency tied to COVID-19 through Dec. 29.

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