On Tuesday, the Health Department reported 146 new coronavirus cases from 2,572 tests, giving today a positivity rate of 5.7%.

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. transferred a tax-break incentive for the building at 999 S. Cooper to Jeffrey Little, who plans to rename the mixed-use property The Flats at Cooper-Young.

Symposium designed for health care workers treating COVID-19 patients is open to the public.

In addition to the 146 new cases, the Shelby County Health Department reported no new related deaths on Tuesday.

The coronavirus doesn’t care whether you are a Democrat, independent or Republican. So far, more than six million people have contracted the virus and more than 187,000 in the U.S. alone have died from the disease.

A few limited-service restaurants have reopened under a new TABC rule, but most remain closed two months after they were shut down by the Health Department.

Whether it's a drive-by celebration or a reminder to remain 6 feet apart, everywhere you look there's a sign.

The retail options at Shops of Saddle Creek are weathering the pandemic. Not many have closed and the management team is looking for ways to continue to bring customers back to the center.

In a repurposed lab at 930 Madison, UTHSC analyzes about a third of the city's COVID-19 tests, reporting responses in 24 hours.

The county reported 161 new coronavirus tests on Labor Day. Out of those tests, 125 were positive.

Young adults in Youth Villages' LifeSet program already were living on the edge. And then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and things got tougher. Fortunately, many of the LifeSet clients have, with help, found a way to march on toward their goals. 

In the midst of a pandemic, some suburbs continue to provide services as sales tax income fluctuates and developments remain steady.

Shelby County Health Department reported 140 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, More than 10% of the reported tests were positive. Tennessee Department of Health reported 1,764 new cases, with a positivity rate of 9.45%.

From Aug. 22 to Saturday, Sept. 5, the health department reported an average of 146 new cases a day and 1,466 test results a day yielding a 10% positivity rate.

The Shelby County Health Department recorded 92 new coronavirus cases, with a daily positivity rate of 9.8% on 939 tests Saturday. Deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Shelby County rose by four with the total now 394.

The information will be published and updated weekly by the state education department — not the health department — and will rely on reports from the state’s 147 school districts.

The Health Department also reported three new related deaths on Friday, Sept. 4.

On Saturday night, Memphis and Arkansas State will play a college football game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium but ESPN's announcers will be in a Bristol, Connecticut, studio. But this is what it takes to make college football happen. 

Memphis physicians say the process will have to move at warp speed to be ready by November, which may eliminate time to observe longer-term side effects and for a broader sample of the public to participate in clinical trials. 

The state's changes are in line with changing guidance from federal health officials. And they have already been adopted by the independent county health departments in the state's major cities, including Memphis.

Shelby County Health Department Health Officer Dr. Bruce Randolph said the department will not make any changes to the Health Directive until about two weeks after Labor Day, due to the incubation period of coronavirus. 

The Shelby County Health Department reported 86 new coronavirus cases and two new related deaths on Thursday, Sept. 3.

Those 86 new cases came from 1,278 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 6.7%.

In addition to the 82 new cases, the Health Department also reported one new related death.

The Peabody has formally laid off 57 workers who had previously been off the job on furloughs, as COVID-19 continued to ravage the hospitality and tourism sector.