False test results another challenge of new virus
Variance exists in the tests themselves and there is no historical data on the percent of false reads clinicians should expect.
Jane Roberts
Reporter
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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Business Protective equipment shortage reaches pitch statewide as governor avoids stay-at-home order
In Memphis, hospitals are searching for new vendors, buying outside their purchasing organization lists.
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Health Care It could take 4-8 weeks to see benefit of ‘Safer at Home,’ Haushalter says
Confirmation numbers doubling here as model suggests, every five to seven days.
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Coronavirus Testing numbers statewide released; local numbers still unknown
The problem is a state requirement that labs and other health care providers must report total testing and positive results to the state but only positive results to county health officials. The Daily Memphian found Baptist Memorial Health Care appears to be doing most of the testing in Shelby County. But some health providers refused to release numbers.
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Business Health officials reaffirm stay-at-home orders to ‘starve virus of new hosts’
Statewide, nearly half of those who have contracted the disease (386, or 47%) are between the ages of 21-40.
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Coronavirus Transmission rates set off new level of distancing urgency
Study shows city's financial vulnerability could speed transmission, making it more difficult to recover.
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Health Care First totals for local COVID testing show a qualified 10% positivity rate
The number of 2,218 tested in Shelby County comes with no details unlike state numbers that reveal testing by types of labs and age ranges. And because it's a total over a period of time in which the response and other measure to the virus have changed, it is still difficult to tell what the number means.
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Education For students stranded in dorms, world is quiet, smaller and anxious
Dozens of students are hunkered down in deserted residence halls here, socializing the same way they are going to class – entirely online.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 27: ‘Social nature’ of parks threatens access to them
The city could close parks if social distancing is not maintained.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 23: Second St. Jude employee tests positive
The Tennessee Department of Health releases the latest numbers: 93 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Shelby County and 615 cases in Tennessee.
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CoronavirusCoronavirus daily blog, March 25: Tennessee up to 784 cases, including 3 deaths
There are 784 confirmed coronavirus cases statewide, including three deaths and 53 hospitalizations.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 24: SCS to remain closed ‘until further notice’
The number of confirmed cases in Shelby County is up to 135; confirmed cases are up to 29 in DeSoto County.
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Business Deemed ‘critical,’ local soap manufacturer ramps up production
An entire nation washing its collective hands for 20 seconds each, numerous times a day, burns through a lot of soap.
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MetroCoronavirus daily blog, March 29: Shelby County up to 379 cases
The City of Memphis is now reporting 379 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County.
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Business Tinkerers unite, turn out face shields by the hundreds
Midsouth Makers is scaled up to continue production for as long as it's needed, members say. Their only worry is that the supply chain for 3-D printer filament may break down.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus daily blog, March 30: Gov. issues safer at home order; Strickland limits park access
Gov. Bill Lee has ordered all nonessential businesses to close and Mayor Jim Strickland announces access to Memphis parks will be limited, starting Tuesday.
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Coronavirus Memphis kindness blog, March 24: Food for hospital workers, bear hunts and a cake to remember
As we navigate through this difficult time of dealing with the coronavirus, it is important to capture those instances where Memphians are coming together for each other.
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Health Care Hospital load ‘manageable’ now; surge expected in month
Health department confirms six positive cases in unnamed East Memphis assisted living facility.
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Coronavirus Memphis kindness blog, March 30: Generosity infects Starbucks
Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus live blog, March 31: Shelby County reports 405 cases, including 3 deaths
There have been 546 COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the metro area that comprises Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties in Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas; and DeSoto and Marshall counties in Mississippi.
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CoronavirusCoronavirus daily blog, March 26: Strickland warns of possible reduction in services
"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.
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