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COVID-19 Cases |
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| Shelby County Residents | 170 | |
| Tennessee Total Cases | 667* *As of 2 p.m. 3/24/20 |
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Other Jurisdictions |
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| Tipton County, TN | 6 | |
| Desoto County, MS | 29 | |
| Crittenden County, AR | 4 or under | |
| Numbers current as of 10 a.m. 3/25/2020 | ||
Shelby County currently has 170 confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to Joan Carr, public information officer for the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD). All out-of-county residents have been transferred to their local health department jurisdictions. Going forward, Shelby County Health Department will only track resident cases.
Please note: Laboratory reports of positive cases are reported to local health departments as soon as results are available. State numbers are updated at 2 p.m. CDT daily; but there is a lag in reporting of cumulative numbers at the state level, and that accounts for any discrepancy.
There are now indications that person-to-person spread in the workplace and the community is taking place.
The Health Department is committed to providing as much information as possible to the public as the COVID-19 situation continues to develop. The Health Department’s hotline number 833-943-1658 was activated March 12, 2020. Since that date, it has fielded hundreds of calls from the general public about COVID-19. Below are statistics about calls into the hotline since March 12, 2020, and a daily number of hotline calls fielded yesterday.
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Health Department Call Center Statistics |
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| Total Calls Received since 3/12/20 | 1359 |
| Total Calls Answered 3/24/20 | 98 |
The COVID-19 hotline is answered each day, including Saturday and Sunday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
After-hours calls are returned as soon as possible on the next business day.
