With COVID-19 having significant medical and social impacts on Franklin County, the state and nation with businesses closed and people working from home in isolation, how do the blood collection agencies cope with the changes?

Franklin County has now had 325 total confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Saturday.

With classes officially starting Wednesday, parents and their children were at Franklin County’s schools earlier this week through special orientation gatherings so parents could meet the teachers who will be guiding their children educationally through a pandemic.

Franklin County has now had 313 total confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Friday.

The Franklin County Courthouse was closed about 9:30 a.m. on Friday because an employee had tested positive for COVID-19, according to County Mayor David Alexander.

Franklin County has now had 302 total confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Thursday.

Eight residents at the Waters of Winchester rehabilitation and skilled nursing center, three employees at the Decherd Kroger store and one at the adjacent Taco Bell restaurant tested positive for COVID-19, according to spokespersons for the facilities.

Franklin County has now had 285 total confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Sunday.

A Franklin County Jail expansion project employee tested positive for COVID-19, was quarantined away from work for 17 days and has recovered.

Franklin County has now had 258 total confirmed coronavirus cases and four deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Friday.

Franklin County has now had four total fatalities from COVID-19 with a new death in the area reported by the Tennessee Department of Health on Thursday.

School is set to open Wednesday for the fall semester, but how students will get to and from Franklin County’s two middle schools is being sorted out.

Franklin County has now had 232 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Wednesday.

Football, girls soccer seasons back on track

The Winchester City Council is going back to holding public meetings on the Zoom video-conferencing service after City Councilman Willie Womack contracted COVID-19.

Franklin County has now had 203 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Sunday.

Franklin County has now had 188 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health on Saturday

Despite optimism that the COVID-19 pandemic would subside and the Franklin County Fair could be held in October, organizers decided Wednesday it wasn’t feasible and have scrapped the 2020 event.

Southern Tennessee Regional Health System-Winchester/Sewanee is urging community members to wear face masks or cloth face coverings in public areas where social distancing is not easily achieved in an effort to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the School Board is sorting out how to accommodate students when classes resume on Aug. 5.

Plans remain to hold high school athletic events this fall, but how COVID-19 will impact them is leaving administrators in a plan-for-the-worst, hope-for-the-best mode.

Franklin County has now had 158 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Sunday

Franklin County has now had 146 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School plans to resume in-person community life, classes, and afternoon programs in August when it welcomes both new and returning students to campus.

Franklin County has now had 136 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Walmart announced last week that it would begin requiring shoppers to wear face coverings starting Monday.

Due to increased temperatures, Franklin County Health Department along with a few others in the southeast region are now adjusting their COVID-19 testing hours.

Franklin County has now had 122 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Although Gov. Bill Lee’s Executive Order No. 50 is limiting how prep school football and girls soccer programs operate through Aug. 29 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the directive doesn’t extend to full school operations.

Franklin County has now had 110 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Friday.

Franklin County has now had 101 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association delayed making a decision on contingency plans for the upcoming football and girls soccer season during a meeting Wednesday.

Not mandatory in Franklin County

Franklin County has now had 88 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Franklin County has now had 82 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Thursday.

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is considering multiple options for adjustments to the fall sports season after an extension of Tennessee’s state of emergency by Gov. Bill Lee.

Following a survey with 60 percent of the respondents saying they want a more normal school schedule, the Franklin County School System has scheduled classes to begin in early August.

Franklin County has now had 75 total confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

Franklin County has now had three total fatalities from COVID-19 with a new death in the area reported by the Tennessee Department of Health on Tuesday.

Franklin County has now had 69 total confirmed coronavirus cases and two deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Franklin County has now had 63 total confirmed coronavirus cases and two deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Franklin County has now had 59 total confirmed coronavirus cases and two deaths from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Friday.

Franklin County has now had two total fatalities from COVID-19 with a new death in the area reported by the Tennessee Department of Health on Wednesday.

Before COVID-19, Franklin County High School sophomore and reigning Fair Queen Bella Paul Hartwig didn’t know how to sew and neither did her mom, Tiffany Hartwig.

Franklin County has now had 53 total confirmed coronavirus cases and one death from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Franklin County has now had 51 total confirmed coronavirus cases and one death from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Friday.

The School Board is expected to make a decision by June 23 on how the upcoming school year will be handled to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Franklin County’s AM Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and the Health Department are partnering to provide about 8,000 coronavirus protective masks to anyone who needs them.

Franklin County has now had 48 total confirmed coronavirus cases and one death from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

Franklin County has now had 45 total confirmed coronavirus cases and one death from the disease, according to statistics released by the Tennessee Department of Health at 2 p.m. on Friday.