With testing still in progress, Willowbend Healthcare & Rehabilitation in Marion, Arkansas, had 9 residents and 2 workers testing positive for coronavirus. The affected residents were in quarantine at the facility.

With COVID-19, the small trial at Rentrop Geater clinic in South Memphis could rise to 14,000-15,000, doctors say, and keep people with underlying conditions like diabetes and asthma at home.

Heat map shows where positives are clustered now based on where the victims live. A version coming will show outbreaks based on workplace addresses.

Up to 30 people who have been tested for COVID-19 at Christ Community Health Services have seen their results delayed, including County Commissioner Tami Sawyer. 

Health department confirms six positive cases in unnamed East Memphis assisted living facility.

The number of 2,218 tested in Shelby County comes with no details unlike state numbers that reveal testing by types of labs and age ranges. And because it's a total over a period of time in which the response and other measure to the virus have changed, it is still difficult to tell what the number means.

Confirmation numbers doubling here as model suggests, every five to seven days.

Variance exists in the tests themselves and there is no historical data on the percent of false reads clinicians should expect.

The organization administered tests to 50 patients, after pooling together resources from throughout its citywide clinics, as test supplies are still in global scarcity.

There is no combined count of how many novel coronavirus tests have been performed by the local health department and private hospitals. But the head of the health department says the number of tests isn't as important as the upward climb in those who test positive.

SCS cancels mass lunch distribution program for students because a food service worker is one of the newly confirmed cases. 

Testing will ramp up soon at Tiger Lane, but will be testing by appointment only. The health department also will begin listing the ages of those confirmed with COVID-19.

Le Bonheur pediatrician-in-chief Dr. Jon McCullers, who has worked with the CDC and on past pandemic planning, talked on "Behind The Headlines" about development of a local test at UTHSC. 

Area senior care facilities are taking added precautions to protect some of the most vulnerable from the coronavirus.

With flu still in the community, not every sniffle and low-grade fever is coronavirus; but isolate yourself to be sure.

The employee was exposed to the novel coronavirus by the individual who was the first confirmed case in Shelby County, the hospital system says.

Baptist has added a mobile testing unit outside the Emergency Room entrance at its East Memphis hospital.

Challenge is developing marketing and commercialization paths for local technology, then stepping up to the plate to sell it.

The two cases of coronavirus in Shelby County were contracted after Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans.

Testing should increase in the coming weeks, which will give infectious disease experts a better idea of how pervasive the virus is in Memphis-Shelby County.

In the last five years, Methodist has done $156 million with women- and minority-owned firms here, including more than $45 million with subcontractors.

The state reversed course Tuesday amid criticism and said it would begin identifying the home county of those with confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Dr. Colleen Jonsson is testing compounds for antiviral drugs to stem the spread of the epidemic. 

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Fist bumps. Rigorous hand washing. Stocking up on sanitizing products. Precautions in Shelby County began long before coronavirus hit. However, schools remain open following the announcement Sunday of the first confirmed case in Shelby County.