Anderson County reported 83 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the most in more than three months, and the positivity rate spiked to 24%, which is very high.
It’s not clear if the spike in cases and positivity rate is due to the new omicron variant, the older delta variant, or a mixture of the two.
The last time more than 80 cases were reported was on September 16, when 87 new cases were reported near the peak of the delta surge.
The delta surge, the third of the pandemic in Anderson County, peaked at 152 new cases on September 10.
COVID-19 cases fell after that, averaging about 16 to 17 new cases per day through much of November, before rising past a higher average of 20 new cases per day in early December, according to Tennessee Department of Health data.
The Tuesday spike helped push the seven-day average of cases past 30 new cases per day for the first time since October 7.
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