CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The number of active coronavirus cases continues to rise in Montgomery County, with 230 more today than we had last week. However, the number of active case dropped over the weekend.
As of Monday, July 20, there are now 779 active cases of COVID-19 reported here, according to Joey Smith, director of the Montgomery County Health Department. That brings the total cases reported since March 6 to 1,173, with 386 recovered and 8 deaths.
The number of active cases, that is, the number of people currently testing positive who have not yet recovered, has gone up each week by a widening number for the last two months. But over the weekend, that number declined, with 771 on Saturday, 786 on Sunday and 779 on Monday.
Active cases in Montgomery County as of Monday at 2 p.m.:
- July 20: 779
- July 13: 549
- July 6: 351
- June 29: 279
- June 22: 220
- June 15: 193
- June 8: 166
- June 1: 148
Here are the rest of the local statistics as of Monday at 2 p.m.:
- 1,173 total lab confirmed and probable cases since March 6
- 16 new cases out of 306 new test results
- 386 recovered
- 8 deaths (lab confirmed and probable)
- 779 active cases
- 1 new hospitalization
- 51 total hospitalizations
- 18,588 total negative lab results
How to get a free coronavirus test
Free COVID-19 testing is offered by the Montgomery County Health Department in a temporary location at Richview Middle School, 2350 Memorial Drive from 7 a.m. to noon. Follow the signs to the drive-up testing site.