NEWS FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS: Coronavirus in Tennessee: 28 active Knox County cases, total recovered cases at 161.

The Knox County Health Department is reporting one new case of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total case number to 193.

There are now 28 active cases in the county as of April 20, down from 32 on Sunday. The total number of cases grew to 193 from 192.

The total number of recovered cases rose to 161, five more than was reported on Sunday. . . . Of the 193 cases, 27 of them have resulted in hospitalization at any point during the illness.

I think we’ve flattened the hell out of the curve here. That said, I see some Knoxvillians thinking that we’re somehow protected by our location — to be fair, it’s easy to imagine that our pollen right now could kill anything — but the 1918 flu was very late coming to Knoxville too, leading to similar speculations, but when it hit, it hit hard.

UPDATE: Here’s the infection curve for Knox County. The data are noisy, but it looks like we’re past the peak. The question is, is this just a suppression curve, with the lockdown causing the drop? Probably.