Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the Tennessee Department of Health has moved toward respiratory viral illness surveillance and response. COVID-19 has been removed from laboratory reporting and updated for provider reporting to include only COVID-19-associated deaths in children under 18 years old. Stay up-to-date on current respiratory virus trends and recommendations at www.tn.gov/health/rvi.
The CDC maintains the COVID-19 Data Tracker that is updated weekly and has a range of national and state-level data including test positivity trends, emergency department visits, severe outcome indicators such as hospitalizations and deaths, vaccination coverage, wastewater surveillance, and information about variants.
Respiratory Illness Data
Trends in emergency department visits for viral respiratory illnesses in the state of Tennessee are updated weekly here on TDH’s website. This page is updated weekly on Wednesdays and shows weekly data for the previous year. Information available on this page includes:
- Weekly percentage of all emergency department visits due to COVID-19, flu and RSV
- Comparison of these trends to previous years
- Trends in different age groups
- Trends compared to national data
The CDC also has an interactive dashboard that can show state-level trends in COVID-19, RSV and flu outcomes, including hospitalizations. This data can be seen here and by selecting options to view by state and selecting “Tennessee” from the drop-down menu. Information available on this page includes:
- Weekly Rate of Hospitalizations associated with COVID-19, flu and RSV
Contact
For more information on Covid-19 data or other disease surveillance, call KCHD’s Epidemiology Department at 865-215-5093.
