There are 9 article(s) tagged positivity rate:

• July 2021

  • Task force briefings resume as Delta drives up COVID cases

    The Shelby County Health Department reported 259 new coronavirus cases Thursday, July 22. One month ago, the agency reported 14 new cases. Majority are Delta variant.

    By Elle Perry July 22, 2021

• December 2020

  • Shelby County averaging 500 COVID-19 cases over past 2 weeks

    From Nov. 28 to Saturday, Dec. 12, the Health Department reported an average of 501 coronavirus cases and 4,493 test results a day with a 11.2% positivity rate.

    By Omer Yusuf December 12, 2020

• September 2020

  • New COVID-19 cases, transmission rate up slightly in Shelby County

    From Sept. 12 to Saturday, Shelby County recorded an average of 154 new coronavirus cases a day. In the preceding two weeks, the county averaged 116 new cases a day. 

    By Omer Yusuf September 26, 2020

• July 2020

  • Don’t overreact to high positivity rate, experts say

    Weekly averages tone down bumps that show up when tests come from a high-impact area or are delayed in being processed and are reported all at once.

    By Jane Roberts July 30, 2020

  • What the positivity rate does, does not tell us about COVID-19

    Shelby County’s overall positivity rate surpassed 10% this week. A concerning number local health experts wanted to avoid on a daily basis, much less for the overall rate.

    By Omer Yusuf July 30, 2020

  • County averaging more than 200 COVID-19 cases a day the past 2 weeks

    During that span, Shelby County recorded its four highest single-day increases in new cases and exceeded a 10% daily positivity rate in 10 of the past 14 days. 

    By Omer Yusuf July 01, 2020

• June 2020

  • Coronavirus cases continue to rise locally as transmission spreads

    From June 3 to Wednesday, Shelby County averaged 131 new cases and 1,558 tests results a day with an 8.4% positive rate. Five of the six highest single-day totals of new coronavirus cases in Shelby County occurred in the past two weeks.

    By Omer Yusuf June 17, 2020

  • Trends in new COVID-19 cases don’t offer good news

    The primary metric that was supposed to guide our decisions isn’t moving in the right direction. It wasn’t telling us what we wanted to hear, so it appears as if we’re choosing to ignore it. 

    By George Lord June 03, 2020

• May 2020

  • Testing jumps back up in Shelby County as positive rate declines

    The latest COVID-19 data is consistent with the trend the pandemic is stabilizing in Shelby County.

    By Omer Yusuf May 15, 2020