National Guard deployed to help overwhelmed hospitals
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee watches National Guard medics collect nasal swabs from those who want to be tested for COVID-19 on April 25, 2020. National Guard troops are being sent to understaffed Tennessee hospitals, Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said at a press briefing on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
In the first 15 days of August, there were more hospitalizations than there were in any full month of the pandemic, although not all of those were due to the coronavirus.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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