Shelby County reports 92 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
Christ Community Health Center medical staff collect nasal swabs as hundreds of Memphians line up for COVID-19 testing at their site in Hickory Hill July 14, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Shelby County reported fewer than 100 new COVID-19 cases for the third time in the past four days, though four more deaths were recorded Saturday.
The Shelby County Health Department recorded 92 new coronavirus cases with a daily positivity rate of 9.8% on 939 tests Saturday. Deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Shelby County rose by four, with the total now 394.
Daily coronavirus test reports in Shelby County are not solely from the preceding 24-hour period, but often from multiple days.
The health department reported a total of 28,067 COVID-19 cases and 261,722 COVID-19 tests in Shelby County, with an overall positivity rate of 10.7%.
The number of inactive coronavirus cases is 25,299 while active cases stand at 2,374, a decrease of 2,478 from Friday’s report.
Memphis area hospital acute care use is at 90% as of 5 p.m. Friday, according to Tennessee’s Health Resource Tracking System. Intensive care unit bed occupancy is at 86%, according to the same data.
The total number of COVID-19 patients in local hospitals is 228. Of the 228 coronavirus patients, 145 are in acute care beds and 83 are in the intensive care unit beds.
Those who are COVID-positive or awaiting test results represent 9% of acute care patients, while 25% of ICU patients are COVID-positive or are under investigation for having the virus.
Tennessee Department of Health reported an increase of 1,765 cases since Friday, bringing the total to 162,362. There were 25 additional deaths, bringing the total to 1,862.
But coronavirus-related hospitalizations are down to 846, a drop of 19 since Friday.
A total of 2,306,032 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Tennessee, an increase of 26,997 since Friday.
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Omer Yusuf covers Bartlett and North Memphis neighborhoods for The Daily Memphian. He also analyzes COVID-19 data each week. Omer is a former Jackson Sun reporter and University of Memphis graduate.
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