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From Oct. 3 to Saturday, Oct. 17, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 155 new coronavirus cases and 3,039 test results each day, yielding a 5.1% positivity rate.
“COVID-19 is still a very much present danger to the people of Shelby County and can be found in virtually all parts of Shelby County,” said Shelby County Health Department Deputy Director David Sweat.
Almost every day, 15%-20% of the people in Shelby County who test positive do not respond to calls from the health department for contact tracing.
From Sept. 5 to Sept 19, the Health Department reported an average of 148 new coronavirus cases each day. That’s similar to the 146 new-case average from the preceding 14-day period.
The average number of new cases has risen from 121 to 164 in the early days of this week.
The Shelby County Health Department is investigating two coronavirus clusters with 36 total cases at the University of Memphis.
From Aug. 29 to Saturday, Sept. 12, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 116 new cases and 1,173 test results a day with a 9.9% positivity rate.
Coronavirus data for public school systems is readily available, but that’s not the case with private schools.
From Aug. 22 to Saturday, Sept. 5, the health department reported an average of 146 new cases a day and 1,466 test results a day yielding a 10% positivity rate.
Memphis physicians say the process will have to move at warp speed to be ready by November, which may eliminate time to observe longer-term side effects and for a broader sample of the public to participate in clinical trials.
From August 15 to 29, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 176 new coronavirus cases and 1,709 test results a day with a 10.3% positivity rate.
The pool testing the city is doing through Poplar Healthcare is now aimed at teachers and students.
Until last week, the COVID-19 Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics (CHIME) from the University of Pennsylvania predicted 1,500 daily hospitalizations around that time.
Lurking in the shadows – or in some cases, right out there in plain sight for anyone willing to look – are myriad unintended health consequences of this pandemic.
If college football is to start its season and continue its season, all involved parties will have to be adaptable, smart and willing to follow protocols, says Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch. And even then? No guarantees.
David Sweat, head of epidemiology at the Shelby County Health Department, said the age of those hospitalized has gone down since the pandemic started.
The plan includes at least 140 full-time employees working on the COVID-19 virus efforts locally over a long period of time. Harris also wants to fund "wrap-around" services for those isolated or quarantined, including financial support for those who can't work and some place to stay if they are isolated from those with whom they are living.
Health Department officials said Shelby County has had a total of 391 suspected overdoses and 58 fatalities between April 7 and May 7, but they don't know why.
Shelby County Health Department study models to predict COVID-19, where virus reproduction rate is the significant factor. Right now that number in the medium range, but rising in surrounding counties.
The county order covers unincorporated Shelby County and follows an extension of the Memphis emergency order earlier in the week with some first steps toward an economic reopening.
The disparate impact of COVID-19 infection on the African American community is becoming more obvious as information becomes increasingly available, Shelby County Health Department chief epidemiologist David Sweat said Thursday, April 16.
The incomplete Shelby County Health Department analysis shows two-thirds of the confirmed COVID cases with detailed information were among African Americans and more than 70% of the deaths examined were among African Americans.
In the Saturday afternoon address, a Shelby County Health Department official provided context for the importance of Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's "Safer in Place" executive order as well as updates and responses to local cases and national health recommendations.
Study shows city's financial vulnerability could speed transmission, making it more difficult to recover.
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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