Rutherford County's new Public Safety director declares state of emergency

Apr 03, 2020 at 08:20 pm by Michelle Willard

Coronavirus

Rutherford County's new Public Safety Director Chris Clark has issued a state of emergency, according to a video posted to the Town of Smyrna's YouTube channel.

Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland also renewed the Declaration of "State of Emergency," extending the City’s previous declaration and adopting Governor Bill Lee’s ‘Stay at Home’ Executive Order No. 23 that was issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The renewed Declaration is effective immediately and remains in effect until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10. 

On April 2, 2020, Governor Lee issued Executive Order No. 23, amending and strengthening Executive Order 22, by requiring all Tennesseans to stay at home, unless they are carrying out "essential activities" defined in Executive Order 22. The new, stricter order, according to the Governor, was based on data, including traffic patterns and mobile phone mobility data, that indicated citizen movement may be increasing across the state.

The Executive Orders allow for the continuation of essential businesses. Non-essential businesses including establishments open for eating or drinking onsite, are ordered to remain closed until April 14 at 11:59 p.m. A sample list of non-essential businesses can be found in Executive Order No. 21.  For more information on the Governor’s Executive Orders, visit https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee22.pdf.

"As Mayor of Murfreesboro, I am issuing a renewed local "State of Emergency" in support of Governor Lee’s Order requiring that all Tennesseans stay home unless their activity or business is conducted as part of "essential activities," said Mayor Shane McFarland. "Our top priority has been and will continue to focus on protecting the health and safety of our citizens. The renewed Declaration remains in effect until April 10 and may be extended as necessary at that time."

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As of 2 p.m. April 3:

 

Confirmed cases

Deaths

Hospitalizations

U.S. (from the CDC)

 

 

 

04/03/20

239279

5443

-

04/02/20

213144

4513

-

04/01/20

186101

3603

-

03/31/20

163539

2860

-

03/30/20

140904

2405

-

03/29/20

122653

2112

-

03/28/20

103321

1668

-

03/27/20

85356

1246

-

03/26/20

68440

994

-

03/25/20

54453

737

-

03/24/20

44183

544

-

03/23/20

33404

400

-

03/21-22/20*

15219

201

-

03/20/20

15219

201

-

03/19/20

7038

97

-

Tennessee

 

 

 

04/03/20

3067

37

293

04/02/20

2845

32

263

04/01/20

2683

24

200

03/31/20

2239

23

175

03/30/20

1834

13

148

03/29/20

1537

7

133

03/28/20

1373

6

118

03/27/20

1203

6

103

03/26/20

957

3

76

03/25/20

784

3

53

03/24/20

667

2

-

03/23/20

615

2

-

03/22/20

505

2

-

03/21/20

371

1

-

03/20/20

228

0

-

03/19/20

154

0

-

Rutherford County

Positive

Deaths

Negative

04/03/20

127

3

1177

04/02/20

113

1

1120

04/01/20

86

1

873

03/31/20

68

-

817

03/30/20

57

-

-

03/29/20

48

-

-

03/28/20

46

-

-

03/27/20

39

-

-

03/26/20

27

-

-

03/25/20

19

-

-

03/24/20

13

-

-

03/23/20

9

-

-

03/22/20

8

-

-

03/21/20

5

-

-

03/20/20

1

-

-

03/19/20

1

-

-

 

 

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