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Active cases in Greene County topped 1,000 on Monday, according to the Tennessee Department of Healthâs daily update.
With 104 new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, and 31 cases moved to the inactive/recovered category, the number of active cases in Greene County was listed Monday as 1,062. Cases are considered inactive/recovered when 14 days have passed since either the onset of symptoms or positive test, if the case is asymptomatic.
The 104 new cases reported Monday bring the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 4,970.
The stat Health Department reported 9,891 new cases across Tennessee Monday, bringing the total number of cases statewide since the start of the pandemic to 529,578. Sixty-five deaths were also reported statewide, bringing that total to 6,136.
Many offices and services in the community will close in observance of Christmas.
The Greene County Health Department will close Thursday, Christmas Eve, and remain closed for Christmas Day on Friday. There will be no COVID-19 testing through the Health Department either day. Testing will be available at the Greene Valley Developmental Center site between the normal hours of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and will resume on Dec. 28.
Greeneville Public Works will close at 11 a.m. on Thursday and remain closed for Christmas Day. Garbage normally collected on Fridays will be collected on Thursday along with the regular Thursday routes. Residents will be allowed to place bagged holiday garbage beside their cans Dec. 28-31.
A change in hours and testing methods will go into effect this week at the COVID-19 testing site at the former Greene Valley Developmental Center campus.
Hours have been extended to 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Greene Valley site at 4850 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy., according to information from the Northeast Tennessee regional office of the Tennessee Department of Health.
The Tennessee Department of Health has also announced that testing sites across the state will begin offering self-testing kits to adults three days a week beginning Monday to allow staff members to transition to vaccination of frontline health care providers and first responders.
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