NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The number of cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to climb, slowly, around the Nashville area.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper and Metro health leaders confirmed the first presumptive case in Davidson County at a press conference Sunday morning.
Health leaders say the patient is a Nashville resident and an adult female. Officials say the woman is self-isolated at home and does not have a child enrolled in Metro Nashville Public Schools.
Her case is not considered travel related.
City leaders are working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and the Tennessee Department of Health.
Health leaders say they have been planning for COVID-19 for the last several weeks and the public should remain calm.
Earlier, a student at Vanderbilt University tested positive for novel coronavirus while away at home, out of state.
A Williamson County man is still quarantined after testing positive for the virus. Tennessee Department of Health spokesman said the man traveled on a nonstop, round-trip flight between Boston and Nashville International Airport.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday activated a task force to coordinate the state’s efforts to prevent and treat coronavirus.