Girls on the Run finished out the spring semester online, but only about 60% of the girls showed up on Zoom team meetings.

From Sept. 26 to Saturday, Oct. 10, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 134 new coronavirus cases and 3,058 test results each day, yielding a 4.4% positivity rate.

Shelby County’s 146 new coronavirus cases came from 2,774 test results, yielding a 5.3% positivity rate. Test results are not reflective of the previous 24-hour period and include tests over multiple days.

More than 500 people in Shelby County have died from the coronavirus, according to the Shelby County Health Department.

As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, there were 186 COVID-positive patients in area hospital beds, per state data; 57 were in intensive care units.

Larger employers in Memphis don’t expect to relax work-at-home protocols for office workers until next year, and some experts believe virtual commuting will stick around after COVID-19 is contained.

Gov. Bill Lee’s Administration unveiled $50 million more Wednesday, Oct. 7, in federal COVID-19 relief funds, this time designed to help businesses owned by minorities, women and veterans.

The Frayser CDC recently received $450,000 in state CARES Act funds. Eligible families can use the money for housing costs and utility bills.

For nearly two weeks, the number of COVID-positive patients in area intensive care unit beds has hovered around the 50-mark.

After finally getting through a coronavirus outbreak that caused two games to be postponed or canceled, Tiger Football seems to have things under control.

Poplar Healthcare joined the battle against the coronavirus late, but now it’s leading the charge to help Memphis reopen and stay open.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris announced a “901 Student Passport” program, which allows free admission to museums for students who cannot partake in their normal field trips because of the pandemic.

The county Health Department loosened some of the restrictions regarding COVID-19 precautions, moves that will benefit sporting events and restaurants.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 258 new coronavirus cases and two related deaths on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Almost every day, 15%-20% of the people in Shelby County who test positive do not respond to calls from the health department for contact tracing.

Trump’s doctor, Navy Cdr. Sean Conley, was also upbeat at an afternoon briefing but said the President will not be fully out of the woods for another week.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 95 new coronavirus cases on Monday, Oct. 5.

FedEx is hiring, buying freezers and working with pharmaceutical companies to plan a massive distribution effort for the coronavirus vaccine, in which Memphis is expected to play a crucial role.

After six months of coronavirus, the resulting losses are profound, but the stories these people tell are about going on, a process they find central to living with the unknown. 

The Shelby County daily positivity rate from Sunday is about 5.6% after 2,620 tests were administered. The Health Department reported seven new deaths.

From Sept. 19 to Saturday, Oct. 3, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 122 new coronavirus cases and 2,782 tests reported each day, yielding a 4.4% positivity rate. Those results included tests from people tested multiple times.

Overall, the Shelby County Health Department reports 31,840 coronavirus cases, 478 deaths and 30,050 cases classified as inactive/recovered. The active case count stands at 1,312, a decrease from the 1,452 reported Friday.

Staying open two more hours at night could make all the difference for bars that were closed for almost three months because of COVID, owners say.

Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright said Friday he’d recently tested positive for the coronavirus and had just completed an isolation period. His wife was the only person exposed and has since tested negative for the virus.