New Nashville cases top 100 for the first time in days. Available ICU beds also have dropped, remaining in the yellow but teetering on red. On the plus side, active cases in Nashville are under 1,400.

Metro Nashville

As of 9:30 today, the city reported 26,162 confirmed cases, an increase of 143 over the last 24 hours. There are currently 1,346 active cases in Nashville (down 34 since yesterday and way down from the high-water marks in late July that saw 5,000 active cases), 24,577 individuals who have recovered and 131 active hospitalizations (up 1 since yesterday). With 239 deaths (no new in the last 24 hours), the city has a case fatality rate of 0.91%.

In Davidson County, 218,872 tests have been administered with a positive rate of 12%. Of note, the 7-day average for positive tests is 9% as of today (up from 8.8% yesterday).

On the trend lines, Nashville continues to have 5 out of 8 in the green with the remaining three in the yellow, although ICU availability beds is close to dropping into the red. With a goal for transmission to be less than 1.0, the city has a current transmission rate of 0.78, keeping the trend line in the green. The 14-day case rate is also in the green with a decreasing trend in new cases. 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 16% availability (same as yesterday). ICU beds also remained in the yellow with 10% capacity (down from 14% availability yesterday). The goal for both hospital and ICU bed capacity is 20%.

The New Cases per 100K Residents remains in the yellow this week. The goal of the seven-day rolling average is to be at 10 or below. Currently, Nashville sits at 16.2 on this metric (down from 16.7 yesterday). The goal for the 7-Day Positivity Rate is to see a figure at 10% or less. Currently, Nashville remains in the green with a rate of 9.0% as of 9:30 this morning (up slightly from 8.8% yesterday).

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

Nashville moved to a less restrictive modified Phase 2 of the reopening plan on Sept. 1. Masks are required in Nashville, and a number of other surrounding counties also have mandatory mask regulations, although some of those are beginning to expire (looking at you Williamson County). Additionally, public health officials continue to ask (beg) residents to be vigilant in maintaining social distancing measures, as well as to go out as little as possible, wash hands frequently and stay home if ill. Metro police are authorized to issue civil citations to those who fail to comply with the mask mandate unless the individual has a specific exemption.

Tennessee State

Numbers to be updated this afternoon.