Shelby County sees uptick in COVID cases

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 30, 2022 4:48 PM CT | Published: April 30, 2022 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Lines were long at Compass Laboratory Services in Memphis as people waited to get tested for COVID-19 during the surge of the Omicron variant in December.</strong> (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)

Lines were long at Compass Laboratory Services in Memphis as people waited to get tested for COVID-19 during the surge of the Omicron variant in December. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)

The increase in cases aligns with national data, which shows new cases trending upward in many parts of the country as precautions like social distancing and mask wearing are loosened.

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Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.

As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.


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