Shelby County hospital capacity reflects post-holiday surge
According to the figures compiled by The New York Times, Shelby County has the seventh-lowest rate among Tennessee counties of new coronavirus cases. But an inflow of patients from nearby counties keep Memphis areas hospitals near capacity. Christ Community Health Services staff members collect nasal swabs during at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 on Lamar Avenue. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Shelby County’s hospital beds are filling up even though the county has one of the lowest new case rates in Tennessee, according to a New York Times database.
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Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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