Northeast Tennessee reported its 500th novel coronavirus-related (COVID-19) fatality on Thursday, doubling its count in the 40 days since Halloween.
Half of all deaths in the region have been reported since the beginning of November, with 253 reported dead since then. November was the deadliest month of the pandemic in Northeast Tennessee with 176 new deaths reported, though December is on pace to shatter that record. Seventy-nine deaths have been reported since Dec. 1, an average of 7.9 per day. If that rate holds, the region could see more than 240 reported deaths this month.
There were six new deaths reported across five counties on Thursday, with Carter (+2), Hawkins (+1), Johnson (+1), Sullivan (+1) and Unicoi (+1) counties each adding to their tolls. Washington County still leads the region in virus-related fatalities with 128, two more than Sullivan County.
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