NEWS FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS: Coronavirus in Tennessee: 27 active Knox County cases, 327 total. “The Knox County Health Department reported four new COVID-19 cases on Friday, to bring the county’s total to 327. Knox County reported 27 active cases on Friday, down from 35 active cases on Thursday. The total number of recovered cases grew to 295 from 283. . . . There are two Knox County patients currently hospitalized due to COVID-19. Of the 327 cases, 38 of them have resulted in hospitalization at any point during the illness and five deaths.”

Phase One of our reopening started three weeks ago. We go to Phase Two on Tuesday.