The 21 deaths reported Saturday range from Nov. 11 to Dec. 15, according to the Health Department. This follows the 23 deaths reported Friday. With the 44 new deaths in the past two days, Shelby County has surpassed the 800 mark.
A new health directive is looming – one that could significantly tighten restrictions for the upcoming holidays.
Staffer snaps, edits the thrill on her iPhone to snappy “My Shot” from Hamilton.
Leaders implore citizens, particularly those of color, to gather virtually for the holiday.
The Memphis City Council will consider asking health officials for another lockdown just before Christmas, but suburban mayors adamantly oppose such action.
Beale Street Music Festival is out again for 2021 because of COVID-19, but the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest will return to the river.
The Memphis In May International Festival is calling off the Beale Street Music Festival in May as the Memphis City Council considers urging a Christmas week “safer at home” order.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 625 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Dec. 18.
The recent surge associated with the COVID-19 pandemic trickles down to local fire departments in Bartlett, Collierville and Germantown and their response.
As the first COVID-19 vaccinations began in Memphis hospitals Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee offered a message of hope that the pandemic’s end is close but also acknowledged the challenges of Tennessee being in the midst of its worst surge yet.
Memphis International Airport employees are being tested for COVID-19 each day they work at the airport, as part of an assurance testing program that the airport hopes to expand.
Methodist-Germantown Hospital president says, “This is the moment we stop this. It is one of those moments I will never forget.”
Coming restrictions have to include ways to limit transmission over the coming holidays, health officials say.
For the first time in the pandemic, the Shelby County Health Department reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a daily update on Thursday, Dec. 17.
The Health Department reported 1,163 new COVID-19 cases and four more coronavirus-related deaths in its daily update Thursday morning.
The nonprofit’s programs prepare graduates for permanent employment.
At Baptist Hospital-DeSoto, about half of the more than 1,800 employees have signed up to receive the vaccine.
The ordinance cleared second reading Wednesday at a special commission meeting with seven votes. However, nine votes will be needed to approve the ordinance at Monday’s final vote of the commission.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 779 new COVID-19 cases and four more coronavirus-related deaths in its daily update Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Tennessee is using its initial 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as a backup supply, but 74 hospitals are expected to receive more than 56,000 other doses Thursday.
Health Department expects it could be vaccinating EMS workers and nursing home residents and staff by Dec. 28.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 893 new COVID-19 cases and nine more coronavirus-related deaths in its daily update Tuesday, Dec. 15.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services child care assistance program for workers deemed “essential” during the pandemic expires Dec. 31. The state has no plans to renew the program.
Tuesday’s case numbers yielded a 10.6% positivity rate.
Dr. Robert Redfield was part of a hour-long Zoom yesterday with Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the UTHSC College of Medicine.