NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has issued a statewide “Safer at Home” executive order, urging people to stay home and stay apart, as well as, ordering the closure of businesses that cannot safely operate.
Lee says this is not a mandated “shelter-in-place” order, but rather a strong urging for residents in non-essential roles to stay at home.
Capitol officials earlier on Monday told News 2 the governor was ready to announce a statewide “shelter-in-place” order.
Governor Lee has been resistant to a statewide order since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of statewide doctors criticized Governor Lee’s attitude toward the pandemic and have been calling for him to do more to protect the citizens of the state.
This story will be updated.
Tennessee Dept. of Health Confirmed Cases
(This only reflects what the TDH is reporting each day at 2 p.m. CST. For updated totals listed by agencies across Tennessee visit WKRN.com)
| County | # of Cases |
|---|---|
| Anderson | 9 |
| Bedford | 1 |
| Benton | 3 |
| Bledsoe | 2 |
| Blount | 10 |
| Bradley | 9 |
| Campbell | 4 |
| Cannon | 2 |
| Carroll | 5 |
| Cheatham | 8 |
| Chester | 3 |
| Claiborne | 2 |
| Cocke | 1 |
| Coffee | 1 |
| Cumberland | 11 |
| Davidson | 364 |
| DeKalb | 4 |
| Dickson | 12 |
| Dyer | 3 |
| Fayette | 10 |
| Franklin | 5 |
| Gibson | 5 |
| Giles | 1 |
| Greene | 12 |
| Grundy | 2 |
| Hamblen | 2 |
| Hamilton | 40 |
| Hardeman | 1 |
| Hardin | 1 |
| Hawkins | 4 |
| Haywood | 2 |
| Henry | 1 |
| Houston | 1 |
| Jefferson | 5 |
| Johnson | 2 |
| Knox | 52 |
| Lewis | 2 |
| Lincoln | 1 |
| Loudon | 8 |
| Macon | 3 |
| Madison | 5 |
| Marion | 6 |
| Maury | 11 |
| McMinn | 3 |
| McNairy | 1 |
| Meigs | 1 |
| Monroe | 3 |
| Montgomery | 13 |
| Morgan | 1 |
| Obion | 1 |
| Overton | 2 |
| Perry | 2 |
| Putnam | 24 |
| Roane | 2 |
| Robertson | 27 |
| Rutherford | 57 |
| Scott | 2 |
| Sevier | 7 |
| Shelby | 396 |
| Smith | 1 |
| Sullivan | 11 |
| Sumner | 164 |
| Tipton | 16 |
| Trousdale | 3 |
| Unicoi | 1 |
| Union | 1 |
| Washington | 14 |
| Wayne | 1 |
| Weakley | 1 |
| White | 1 |
| Williamson | 111 |
| Wilson | 32 |
| Residents of other states/countries | 192 |
| Pending | 101 |
| Total Cases – as of (3/30/20) | 1,834 |
