• The death toll from the coronavirus in Nashville has risen to 13, with 37 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total to 1,385 people infected.
• The Vanderbilt Department of Health Policy released new models that shows social distancing is working, but must continue to avoid overloading Middle Tennessee’s hospitals.
• The CEO of CEO of Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation says that the pandemic is worse than the 2008 recession and 2010 Nashville flood combined.
• More than 47,000 Nashville-area residents filed for unemployment last week for the first time, a number that would fill Bridgestone Arena more than two and a half times.
• Still, a local economist says it important to maintain the current social distancing policy to avoid a deeper recession.
• WKRN has a guide for tracking your stimulus check, and it’s rather complicated.
• Local grocery stores are continuing to adjust their plans for getting shoppers in and out safely.
• Workers at the Bellevue Kroger allege that the store has not been as thoroughly cleaned as the company says after more employees contracted COVID-19.
• Hands On Nashville is continuing to organize volunteers for tornado relief in spite of the pandemic, with an emphasis on keeping them safe while meeting a need in the community.
• The “zoom bombing” you’ve heard a lot about lately happened to a TSU instructor last week, with the invaders yelling racial slurs and showing pornography in the middle of a class.
• Woes continue for Tennessee’s unemployment computer system, with users getting disconnected when checking on their benefits.
• Sports Illustrated says that former Tennessee Titans running back is under investigation in a murder-for-hire plot.
• For ‘Tiger King’ fans, you may be surprised to learn that Doc Antle tried to open a zoo in Cheatam County in the early 1990s. It didn’t work out.
• Med school students are trading the traditional training for volunteer roles in Middle Tennessee amid the coronavirus outbreak.
• And finally, something that is both weird and sweet happened yesterday with a WeGo bus driver serenading a person dressed up as the Easter Bunny.

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