There has been a steady line of COVID cases in Knox County with the Knox County Health Department reporting more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 affecting the Knoxville area.
These new cases have been spiking since the return of college students and the health department expects the numbers to follow the same trajectory as last fall.
KCHD says this new strain is a lot less severe and has not caused any deaths in the month of August. This wave mainly affects older individuals, pregnant women and immune-compromised people.
KCHD says over 90% of the entire population has had some experience with COVID, many have had an infection, or they’ve been vaccinated or both.
