TENNESSEE-CoVid19 Case Counts & News

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Tennessee: First confirmed case of coronavirus
https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/03/05/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-hosts-press-conference-concerning-coronavirus/

Today, 10:20 AM
March 5, 2020 at 8:57 AM CST - Updated March 5 at 9:16 AM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMC) - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee gave an update concerning the coronavirus.

He announced that Tennessee has the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in the state. The patient is an adult male in Williamson County.

Tennessee Department of Health commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercy said he is currently being quarantined in his home...

Tennessee doctors, isolated from their families, urge governor to shut down the state
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2020/03/27/tennessee-doctors-isolated-their-families-urge-governor-shut-down/2920110001/

It is noon on Thursday, and from her home office in the Nashville suburbs, Dr. Sonal Gupta has already diagnosed four patients with presumptive cases of the coronavirus.

Like many doctors, she is now seeing patients through telemedicine, trying to fight the outbreak while remaining healthy enough to keep working. Her husband, a Vanderbilt anesthesiologist, will likely catch the virus eventually, Gupta said, so he now lives in a separate room of their home to minimize exposure. ---CONTINUED---