COVID-19 hospitalizations are at an all-time high in Tennessee, test positivity rates are rising and the seven-day average for case counts surpassed records set in July.

Amid the surge in cases, Gov. Bill Lee held his first in-person news conference since coming out of a 14-day quarantine Wednesday to outline measures the state is taking in response to the spike. The measures include continuing county mayors’ ability to require masks in their counties, offering pop-up COVID-19 testing in rural counties and continuing to distribute rapid point-of-care tests.