NEWS FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS: Coronavirus in Tennessee: 64 active Knox County cases, 295 total. “The Knox County Health Department reported fifteen new cases on Monday, bringing the total case number to 295. Knox County reported 64 active cases on Monday, up from 49 on Sunday. The new cases marked a 5.36 percent growth in cases in Knox County. The total number of recovered cases remained at 226, unchanged since Saturday. . . . There are two patients currently hospitalized due to COVID-19. Of the 295 cases, 37 of them have resulted in hospitalization at any point during the illness and five deaths.”

Still only 5 deaths, which has been the number for a while, but this is the biggest one-day jump in cases in quite some time. Some of that is due to more testing, no doubt, but it’s now been 10 days (two average incubation periods, basically) since the reopening phase started. The reopening plan contemplates an increase in cases, so even if this isn’t just a random statistical blip it won’t derail it. But we’ll see how things go.