NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The Tennessee Department of Health will provide data on COVID-19 vaccines administered to the state through a new bulletin board that will be provided online at www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov/covid-19-vaccine -information .html. This board will be released on December 18 and will be updated every Tuesday and Friday.
The Tennessee COVID-19 Vaccination Information Board will include data on total vaccinations reported, vaccinations reported on the last day, and last week. The board will also show the percentage of vaccinated population in each county. The first reports shared through this board reflect Tennesseans who have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Future releases will also provide data on Tennessee residents who have been fully vaccinated with both the first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
“We look forward to offering this tool to track our progress in implementing Tennessee’s COVID-19 vaccination plan and make this important preventative measure available to Tennessees in every county in our state,” the commissioner said. of Tennessee Health, Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP.
TDH continues to provide daily COVID-19 data reports and will publish these reports at 5 p.m., effective central time daily on Friday, December 18th. Tennessee’s COVID-19 vaccination plan was last updated on December 2 and will change as more is known about the vaccines Tennessee will receive. The plan is available online at www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/cedep/novel-coronavirus/COVID-19_Vaccination_Plan.pdf.
Tennessee’s local health departments continue to offer COVID-19 tests five days a week at no charge to those who want to be tested. TDH testing sites across the state will use self-test kits for adults three days a week starting Dec. 21, to allow staff members to move on to first-class health care provider vaccination. line and first aid. Find test hours and contact information for TDH health department test sites online at https://covid19.tn.gov/testing-sites/.
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