“New Normal” is setting in for local Covid-19 tests

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Tuesday’s Covid-19 numbers from the Health Department don’t show any remarkable trends for positive tests… just a “new normal.”

They reported 52 new cases on Tuesday, which is in line with what we have seen for the past 6 days.

After seeing many spike days over the last month, we have actually seen fewer new cases in the last six days.

Last 6 days: 296 cases

Previous 6:  370 cases

Previous 6: 336 cases

Previous 6: 373 cases

The Health Department reports that 51% of all 1941 cases so far are still considered active (983 cases).

48% have recovered and 1% of the victims have died.

The hospital count has also plateaued so far this week, following the record highs of last week.

We have 44 people being treated for Covid-19 in area hospitals today, just like yesterday.

The number of ICU cases rose slightly to 14 over yesterday.  That is still much lower than the 22 peak we set last week.