Statistics released today (7.8.20) for COVID-19 by the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) include: 12,467 confirmed and probable cases (+302 newly confirmed today): 7,975 recovered (64%); 4,291 current (34.4%); and 201 deceased, +1 from yesterday (1.6%). There have been 145,679 total tested in Shelby County, 93% negative, 7% positive.
The percent of overall testing positivity rate in Shelby is 8.6, the weekly rate is 12.5. Among nursing homes and facilities which serve vulnerable populations, there have been 68 deaths. 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: 7,547; total calls yesterday:108.
SCHD website with more data: www.shelbytnhealth.com/COVID19Data
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COVID-19 Cases |
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| Shelby County Cases | 12,467 | |
| New Cases Today | 302 | |
| Deaths | 201 | |
| Total Tested in Shelby County | 145,679 | |
| Tennessee Total Cases | 53,514 *As of 2 p.m. 7/7/20 |
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Other Jurisdictions |
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| Tipton County, TN | 653 | |
| Desoto County, MS | 1,724 | |
| Crittenden County, AR | 786 | |
| Numbers current as of 10 a.m. 7/8/2020 | ||
During a briefing yesterday of the Joint COVID Task Force, a new health directive was issued, #8, effective at midnight tonight, closing bars and mandating restaurants close at 10 p.m. Link to the directive: https://www.shelbytnhealth.com/DocumentCenter/View/1763/Health-Directive-No–8–7-8-2020
Dr. Alisa Haushalter, Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) director, said, “We are still at a pivotal point. We can continue to flatten the curve or we can continue to trend upward.” She said cases and hospitalizations are continuing to rise. The Directive reinforces the mandatory mask requirement for anyone over the age of 12 who cannot social distance. And it focuses on areas where there are clusters like nursing homes and corrections and requires regular testing of staff.
“We will continue to look at what additional restrictions are needed,” she said. Next to be reviewed, she said, will be the capacity of restaurants and whether gyms can continue to stay open.
The most recent numbers for the state are: 53,514 total cases (+1,359); 31,827 recovered (+807); 665 deaths (+12); 2,950 hospitalized (+53); and 920,801 tested (+16,564). 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/
