There are 213 article(s) tagged Tennessee Department of Health:

• April 2020

  • Testing in Shelby County drops as new cases fall

    While cases dropped sharply Tuesday, Shelby County also reported its second lowest testing daily total in the past 10 days. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 28, 2020

  • Shelby County has strong increases in both coronavirus cases and testing

    Shelby County reported 187 new coronavirus cases – its highest in a single day – out of 1,329 tests Monday. The positive rate of those tests was 14% – nearly five percentage points higher than the county’s current rate of 9.2%

    By Omer Yusuf April 27, 2020

  • Slight uptick in local cases coincides with increased tests

    Shelby County reported 50 new cases Friday, but also confirmed its highest single day of new tests since Monday. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 24, 2020

  • Fewer cases, but also fewer people being tested

    For the fifth consecutive day Shelby County reported 50 or fewer new cases, but the number of reported additional tests has also decreased for four straight days. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 23, 2020

  • Local coronavirus case rate slowing down

    In the past week, coronavirus cases in Shelby County increased by 25% — a 14% decrease from the previous week. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 22, 2020

  • County’s new cases remain 50 or fewer for 3rd straight day

    While the case rate may not grow as fast as it once did, it marks the third consecutive day new cases have increased. Shelby County reported 41 new cases Monday and 35 additional cases Sunday.

    By Omer Yusuf April 21, 2020

  • New cases drop to fewer than 50 for second consecutive day

    Shelby County has 1,807 reported coronavirus cases, as of Monday, April, 20. That comes from a total of 19,195 coronavirus tests administered in the county.

    By Omer Yusuf April 20, 2020

  • Shelby County records third highest coronavirus case jump since crisis began

    This is the third time Shelby County has reported more than 100 new cases in a single day since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in the county in early March. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 17, 2020

  • Coronavirus cases up 39% in Shelby County from past week

    Shelby County, as of April 16, has 1,508 confirmed coronavirus cases and 32 deaths out of the 15,667 total tests taken, according to data from the Shelby County Health Department.

    By Omer Yusuf April 16, 2020

  • Analysis on latest Shelby County coronavirus numbers

    Shelby County is reporting 1,432 cases of coronavirus and 31 deaths as of Wednesday, April 15. 

    By Omer Yusuf April 15, 2020

  • The Village at Germantown working with state, local health leaders

    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.

    By Abigail Warren April 14, 2020

  • Coronavirus live blog, April 5: Tenn. reports 3,633 cases, up from 3,321

    There are now 3,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee, up from 3,321 Saturday. There have been 44 deaths in the state, up from 43 Saturday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2020

  • Coronavirus Daily Blog: Shelby County reports 754 coronavirus cases, 11 deaths

    There are 132 reported cases of COVID-19 in DeSoto County as of Sunday, April 5, according to the latest numbers from the Mississippi Department of Health.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 06, 2020

• November 2019

  • Why a South Memphis CDC is turning vacant lots into a park

    The Works Inc. owns several vacant lots around its South Memphis office in ZIP code 38106.

    By Elle Perry November 17, 2019