The Shelby County Health Department reported 10 new deaths resulting from the novel coronavirus on Thursday, Nov. 12.

With no room for mass-scale adoptions, MAS is trying to keep pets with their owners, often going door-to-door to find them.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 187 new coronavirus cases and five new related deaths.

Without a statewide mask mandate, leaders across West Tennessee are working to help people understand there is not a rural and urban virus.

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Shelby County Health Department reported 691 new coronavirus cases, the second highest number since the start of the pandemic. 

Tuesday’s 691 cases come from 8,252 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 8.4%.

In Shelby County, 331,167 people have been tested for coronavirus; 12% of them have received a positive result.

By the third week in November, Pfizer expects it will have the final data required to apply to the FDA for emergency-use authorization.

As the numbers tick up, Memphis and four other municipalities see similar trajectories.

Shelby County reported 376 COVID-19 cases after more than 5,000 tests. The newly reported data comes one day after 17 cases were reported. Data entry has not caught up to an IT upgrade Tennessee Department of Health made last weekend.

From Oct. 24 to Saturday, Nov. 7, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 225 new coronavirus cases and 2,840 test results a day with a 7.9% positivity rate.

Overall, the Health Department has reported 39,048 total coronavirus cases and 583 deaths, classifying 36,049 cases as inactive/recovered. 

An IT upgrade to the state’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System threw off COVID case data entry, creating lags in case numbers that persisted throughout the week.

The 290 cases come from 2,549 tests, which gives the day a positivity rate of 11.4%.

Test to Protect will work by allowing businesses to test their own employees with PCR nose-swab kits they can use at work or in their homes.

The 265 cases come from 2,538 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 10.4%.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 265 new COVID-positive test results and no related deaths on Thursday, Nov. 5.

Some evidence suggests workers are infecting others when they let their guard down outside patient rooms.

There were 316 COVID-positive people in area hospital beds as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System; 94 were in intensive care units.

Health Department asks faith leaders for their help as holidays approach, and church for many, will take center stage.

The Shelby County Health Department reported almost 400 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The last time the number of hospitalized coronavirus patients reached 300 was Aug. 17.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 109 new cases and only 748 tests Sunday. The daily positivity rate was 14.6%.

Clinic that serves the Hispanic community in Shelby County has 15 years’ experience knowing how to send the right message. It’s giving the Health Department a boost to reach people who need to hear the COVID-19 messages. 

From Oct. 17 to Saturday, Oct. 31, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 268 new cases and 3,715 tests a day with a 7.2% positivity rate.