Health Dept. on Protests: "we worry about every potential spread"

The hamilton county health department says last week's spike in coronavirus cases is not linked to ongoing protests.

In response to whether or not they're expecting a spike in the coming weeks because of protests, health administrator becky barnes says when groups are not social distancing you have the potential for spread.

> "anytime there is a group of any size where people are not practicing social distancing there's that potential.

So we worry about every potential spread in our community."

Over the weekend hamilton county added over 70 new cases and 28 today.

Department says last week's spike in coronavirus cases is not with the state