Nashville is now in Phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening. Many businesses can now operate at 50% capacity, but there are maximums for a number of sectors like restaurants, bars and transportainment. Gatherings over 25 must have an event plan approved by Metro Public Health up to a maximum of 500 people (but no more than 30% of a venue capacity ... so Bridgestone Arena could hold a 500-person event with approval, but a venue that holds 1,000 could only have a max of 300 guests approved.
ORDER 8 remains in effect saying all residents and visitors to Nashville/Davidson County must wear face masks in public.
At the state level, Tennessee has surpassed 200,000 cases and 2,500 deaths. Detailed information is below.
Metro Nashville
As of 9:30 today, the city reported 29,395 confirmed cases, an increase of 170 since yesterday (but only 330 since Thursday, Oct. 1 when confirmed cases were 29.065). There are currently 994 active cases in Nashville, 28,122 inactive or recovered cases, and 88 active hospitalizations (down 26 since Thursday). With 279 deaths (up 3 since Thursday), the city has a case fatality rate of 0.95%. In Davidson County, 400,974 tests have been administered with a positive rate of 7.3%.
On the trend lines, Nashville has 5 out of 8 in the green with the remaining metrics in the yellow. With a goal for transmission to be less than 1.0, the city's current transmission rate is 0.91. The 14-day case rate remains in the green with a flat or 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 19% availability, and ICU beds also remained yellow with 17% capacity. 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 15 on this metric (up slightly from 14.7 on Thursday). 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 3.9% as of 9:30 this morning.
More detailed data is available on the Metro Dashboard. Click here for details.
Nashville's mask mandate continues alongside loosened restrictions for gatherings and increased capacity numbers in restaurants and bars.
Tennessee State
This afternoon, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) confirmed 2,489 new cases of COVID-19 with the state total hitting 203,699 (an increase of 2,489 since yesterday and of 6,267 since Thursday afternoon). There are currently 815 hospitalizations (up 11 from yesterday) and 2,597 deaths (up 20 in 24 hours and an increase of 96 since Thursday afternoon) for a death rate of 1.27. More than 3 million tests have been administered statewide (up 44,101 since yesterday). The number of inactive/recovered cases statewide is 185,221 (an increase of 4,440 since Thursday afternoon).