COVID infection rates rising, but hospitalizations remain low, health director says
Shelby County Health director Dr. Michelle Taylor (in a file photo) delivered a COVID-19 update during the weekly Shelby County Commission meeting on May 9. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The seven-day rolling average is now more than five times higher than what it was three weeks ago, Dr. Michelle Taylor told the Shelby County Commission.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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