Covid 19 task force

The Covid-19 reacts to the spike in positive tests over the weekend.

Essential workers.

Members of the covid 19 task force held a meeting today to discuss concerns with those growing numbers.

News 12 taylor bishop has the details.

Kerry hayes, covid task force 0-12 rae bond, covid task force 1:20-1:30 "continuing to do whatever we possibly can to encourage members of the public to follow all of the same safety precautions that we have been asking for since the very beginning" covid-19 task force responds to high spike over this weekend with over fifty positive cases.

"as we are reopening things the virus is still spreading, fatality rate is increasing.

I think it's probable almost certainly the united states will have it's one hundred thousandth death related to coronavirus" the task force stressed concerns for latin members in the community.

"as of friday more than half of all positive cases were hispanic.

I haven't seen the ethnic breakdown but the two big surges that we had over the weekend.

Based on everything we know that the transmission rate in those neighborhoods is really really growing far to rapidly" also providing latinx leaders to give outreach to those members.

"the covid 19 latinx outreach working group.

This is a group set of local individuals who are working to come up with specific outreach plans for businesses, health organizations for grassroots leadership" while numbers are alarming the task force is also asking for number of negative tests results, to properly asset the city.

"we're continuing to just to make a request to get additional information, but we do need to see it; to asset where we are at as a community as a whole" in chattanooga, taylor bishop news 12 now hamilton county mayor jim coppinger presented