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3 years later: COVID-19 pandemic

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COVID-19 cases decline in Knox Co.

Knox County Health leaders are seeing a decline heading into the new year. The health department said 241 cases were reported last week.
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COVID-19 risk low in Knox County for week ending Oct. 29

For the week ending October 29, the county reported 220 new cases.
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KCHD: Knox Co. COVID cases at lowest

Cases in Knox County are the lowest they've been since the middle of May. The Knox County Health Department reported 221 cases this week.
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CDC: Knox Co. remains low for COVID spread

The rate of COVID-19 transmission in east Tennessee is continuing to drop.
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CDC: Knox Co. at low risk for COVID-19

Knox County and several others in the state are at low risk for the virus.
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Latest Knox County COVID-19 data

The latest data from the Knox County Health Department shows 371 new cases for the period ending September 10.
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COVID-19 Tennessee county transmission levels update

The latest CDC numbers show COVID-19 numbers across several counties across east Tennessee dropping.
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Latest COVID-19 data in East Tennessee

The latest COVID-19 data in Knox County shows a slight dip in case counts.
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COVID-19 cases slowly rising in Knox County

Covid-19 cases are starting to rise in Knox County with more than900 new cases reported in the past week.
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KCHD: 169 new COVID cases; 117 hospitalized

The CDC lists Knox County's community level for Covid-19 as "medium".
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'It's something we haven't seen in a while': New BA.5 omicron subvariant carries a symptom from the delta variant wave

"We’ve started getting anecdotal evidence that there’s anosmia, which is that loss of smell," Dr. Shane Fernando said.