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COVID report for June 28th

Statistics released today (6.228.20) for COVID-19 by the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) include:  9,310 cases, confirmed and probable: 6,318 recovered (67.9%); 2,811 current (30.2%); and 181 deceased (1.9%). There have been 121,626 total tested in Shelby County, which is 100 newly confirmed COVID cases.

Among nursing homes and facilities which serve vulnerable populations, there have been 69 deaths, unchanged for several days.    There have been no deaths reported from the Shelby County Division of Corrections and one employee death at the Shelby County Jail/201 Poplar Ave.  The overall testing positivity rate is 7.7.

This information is from Joan Carr, public information officer for the SCHD.

The Health Department’s hotline number is 833-943-1658 and is answered daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  After-hours calls are returned on the next business day.  Total calls received since the line was activated March 12th:  6,851; total calls yesterday: 30.

COVID-19 Cases

Shelby County Cases 9310
Deaths 181
Total Tested in Shelby County 121,626
Tennessee Total Cases 40,172
*As of 2 p.m. 6/27/20

Other Jurisdictions

Tipton County, TN 593
Desoto County, MS 1201
Crittenden County, AR 696
Numbers current as of 10 a.m. 6/28/2020

SCHD website with more data: www.shelbytnhealth.com/COVID19Data

In Tennessee the most recent numbers are:  40,172 total cases (+728); 26,159 recovered (+406); 584 deaths (+7); 2,564 hospitalized (+66); and 749,229 tested (+6,492).

TDH website: https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html

COViD-19 data from Shelby County, Metro Memphis and Tennessee from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC):  https://uthsc.edu/coronavirus/local-data/