Coronavirus live blog, April 13: Tennessee up to 5,610 cases, 109 deaths
The state reports 1,331 confirmed cases in Shelby County.
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Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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The state reports 1,331 confirmed cases in Shelby County.
Shelby County Commission has approved spending $2.5 million for coronavirus testing and other expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Bill Lee provides an update on economic recovery for Tennessee.
The fund will be divided into three focus areas: education, food insecurity and support for small businesses and people in the local gig economy.
MicroPort Scientific and its Arlington-based orthopedics division have donated 100,000 surgical masks to Memphis Fire Services, and the company plans to donate 100,000 more locally soon.
Behind the Saturday trial opening of the city-owned Links at Whitehaven course is a lot of jockeying for positions by local businesses that want to be in the first wave of reopenings — from elective medical procedures by doctors to car washes and barber shops and nail salons to restaurants.
The health department report points to a total of 115 new cases since confirming 1,616 cases of COVID-19 on Friday morning.
Districts across Tennessee are grappling with graduation celebrations as Gov. Bill Lee recommended schools close for the remainder of the year. Shelby County's suburban schools are looking for ways to honor senior accomplishments.
"There may come a time when we must reduce your city services due to city employees becoming infected with the virus,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in an email Thursday afternoon.
The city is in the midst of gathering public input for its public arts master plan. While guidelines prohibit large gatherings, public input will look slightly different than originally planned.
Aldermen John Stamps and John Worley will seek re-election in November. Financial disclosures filed last week affirmed the two plan to pull petitions in June and desire to continue serving on the Collierville board.
There have been 633 hospitalizations and 1,969 people are classified as having recovered from the disease.
Germantown Municipal School District's Board of education approved a policy allowing most employees to work from home. However, some are performing duties outside of what is normally considered part of their job description.
Shelby County Health Department reported 67 new novel coronavirus cases Sunday for a total of 1,216. The number tested is 12,843. Tennessee Department of Health reports 194 new cases for a total of 5,308. Nearly 66,830 have been tested statewide.
The Village at Germantown is working with local and state health experts to investigate the seven positive cases there, but does not plan to test all residents and staff.
The Village at Germantown has confirmed recent cases of the novel coronavirus in employees and residents. Facility requesting help of county health department.
Scheidt, a retired cotton industry executive who was the former chairman of Hohenberg Brothers, gave millions of dollars along with his wife, Honey Hohenberg Scheidt, to Memphis nonprofits and arts causes.
The best-case scenario assumes statewide testing and improved contact tracing.
The best-case scenario assumes statewide testing and improved contact tracing.
One woman in Sea Isle has made sure her neighbors have popsicles and pizza.
Collierville's mayor has said so long as the Easter Bunny "washes his paws," he may leave treats for children this year.