BREAKING: An absolutely stunning 2,106 new #COVID19 cases reported today among Tennessee's school-age children. For our kids, this is the worst moment of the pandemic. DETAILED ANALYSIS TO FOLLOW. 1/
This is a look at the last 10 days for school-age children in Tennessee. 2/
With a LOT more time to go, this is already the 2nd worst month of the #COVID19 pandemic for Tennessee's school-age children. 3/
This also the worst day of the #COVID19 pandemic in terms of new reported #COVID19 cases among Tennessee children ages 0-10.
1,047 new cases reported today alone! 4/
AND GET THIS: There were a total of 7,238 new #COVID19 cases reported in Tennessee today. That means school-age children make up *** 29% *** of today's new case count. 5/
Luckily, there has not been a huge surge -- yet -- of pediatric hospitalizations. But hospitalizations lag behind new case reports. Children who don't require hospitalizations can be seriously affected. 6/
You don't have to take it from me; here's the analysis from an actual healthcare expert who warns that there is a looming surge that pediatric hospitals are NOT prepared to handle. 7/7 newschannel5.com/news/newschann…

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13 Sep
BREAKING: Tennessee reports worst day - and worst week - of the pandemic in terms of new #COVID19 cases! ** 15,411 ** new case reports from 9/10/21 alone.
Last week, there were ** 66,707 ** new cases in TN. 1/x
BREAKING: Tennessee also reports worst day - and worst week - of the pandemic in terms of new #COVID19 cases among school-age children (5-18).
** 3,082 ** new cases on 9/10/21.
** 14,159 ** new cases last week. 2/
BREAKING: Tennessee also reports the worst day - and worst week - of the pandemic in terms of new #COVID19 cases among all children (0-18).
** 3,592 ** on 9/10/21.
** 16524 ** last week. 3/
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1 Sep
BREAKING: All August reports for #COVID19 in Tennessee are now posted, and it was not a good month for the state's school-age (5-18) children. A whopping **42,599** tested positive for the virus - a 72% increase over December and 44x higher than June. MORE TO FOLLOW 1/ Image
Overall, 162,724 Tennesseans tested positive for #COVID19 in August - school-age children (5-18) made up 26% of that number. 2/ Image
August was the highest month for reported #COVID19 deaths in Tennessee since February. ***777*** of our family, friends and neighbors became victims to the virus. Death is a lagging indicator. So with skyrocketing hospitalizations, this number could be higher in Sept. 3/ Image
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1 Sep
BREAKING: Tennessee sets new record for #COVID19 hospitalizations - with no end in sight. Overnight data shows the state's hospitals hit a stunning new record of 3,338 COVID patients, blowing past the previous peak of 3,314 from early January. 943 are in ICU, 661 on ventilators.
Tennessee sets new record for COVID hospitalizations - with no end in sight newschannel5.com/news/newschann…
Tennessee #COVID19 snapshot:
195 hospitalizations in Tennessee on 4/5/20, hitting peak of 3,314 on 1/6/21 = 266 days.
195 hospitalizations cases on 7/4/21, hitting new record of 3,338 on 9/31/21 = 58 days.
Read 4 tweets
31 Aug
BREAKING: Tennessee sets a new daily record for #COVID19 cases reported among children 0-10 years old, with 1,435 cases. Previous high of 1,418 was set last week. 1/ Image
Tennessee also reports the 2nd highest daily number for new #COVID19 cases among school-age children (5-18), with 2,819 cases - just shy of last week's high of 2,837. 2/ Image
With one more day still to go (today's numbers will be reported tomorrow), Tennessee has already reported nearly **40,000** new #COVID19 cases among school-age children in August. 3/ Image
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31 Aug
NEW INFORMATION: A new analysis from the @TNDeptofHealth shows that children ages 0-18 years made up **38.5%** of all new #COVID19 cases in the state of Tennessee last week, up from 35.7% the week before. 1/x
Cumulatively, teens ages 14-18 years make up 42.5% of #COVID19 cases among Tennessee children. This is an age group that is eligible for vaccination!!! Kids ages 11-13 make up the next largest group. 12 and up can get the shot! 2/
Cumulatively, Shelby and Davidson have more children who have been diagnosed with #COVID19 (b/c of greater populations). But when viewed as case rate per 100K, Shelby and Davidson fare better than the rest of the state. 3/
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30 Aug
NEW DATA RELEASE: Last week was a new "worst week of the pandemic" in terms of new #COVID19 cases among Tennessee's school-age children -- **13,180** -- up from 11,867 the week before and 6,474 the week prior. 1/x Image
With two more reporting days left, August will easily be the worst month of the #COVID19 pandemic for Tennessee's school-age children. 2/ Image
School-age children made up 31% of all new cases last week in Tennessee - 13,180 out of 42,341 total. 3/ Image
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