Tag Archives: Coronavirus

With COVID-19 cases increasing across the United States and stressing healthcare resources, it is especially important to get your flu vaccine. Protecting yourself and your family from unnecessary and potentially serious illness is always in the best interests of good health. For this reason, seasonal flu shots are recommended every fall. This year the seasonal flu is not the only ...

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among Sevier County residents are trending upward again, with a surge in deaths reported this month. Over the last 14 days, Sevier County averaged 19.6 new cases reported per day among residents, compared to 14.5 cases during the previous 14-day period. There are currently 212 active cases. Four Sevier County residents died as a result of ...

The Walmart Supercenter in Sevierville announced suddenly on Wednesday that the store would close for an extended cleaning by a third-party contractor as part of the store’s efforts to reduce spread of the coronavirus. “As an essential business and member of the Sevierville community, we understand the role we play in providing our customers with food, medicine and other essential ...

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters extended the mask order for a second time on Friday, citing a reduction in cases and hospitalizations. Waters signed Executive Order 34 on August 29, 2020, with support from city leaders, requiring face coverings be worn by residents, employees and visitors to Sevier County through September 30. Executive Order 34 extends Executive Order 23, which ...

The state of Tennessee will submit its application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive grant funding to pay an additional weekly unemployment benefit to claimants who meet the eligibility requirements of the Lost Wages Supplemental Payment Assistance program (LWA). If approved, the grant will fund a $300 weekly payment. This new LWA payment is in addition to the ...

Sevier County residents, employees and visitors are required for a while longer to wear a face covering in public after Mayor Larry Waters extended the mask mandate on Monday. Waters signed Executive Order 29, with support from city leaders, requiring that face coverings be worn in public through August 29 to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19. It is an extension ...

LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville, as a member of the Covenant Health, is participating in a nationwide clinical trial to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma transfusions. Covenant Health hospitals have joined a nationwide effort to begin treating some COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma transfusions as part of a clinical trial. Convalescent plasma is donated by patients who have recovered ...

City of Pigeon Forge and Sevier County Office of Emergency Management are partnering with Kroger Health to hold a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in the parking lot of the Pigeon Forge Community Center this week. Kroger is pleased to partner with the City of Pigeon Forge and Sevier County OEM to facilitate a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing opportunity. The two-day ...

According to health officials, a second Sevier County resident with COVID-19 has died. The Tennessee Department of Health reports that out of 2,098 COVID-19 tests performed for Sevier County residents, 58 tests were positive and 2040 were negative. There are two more cases listed as “probable.” Of the 60 cases among Sevier County residents, 39 recovered and two died. There ...

Tennessee has launched the COVID-19 Essential Employee Child Care Payment Assistance program to provide free child care for essential workers during the pandemic. The Tennessee Department of Human Services is announcing new child care assistance to support families that are serving the state in essential workforce positions. Through payment assistance and a network of temporary care locations, parents who work ...