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SCHD COVID-19 daily update: 5.20.20

Today’s (5.20.20) Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) report shows 4,005 cases and 88 deaths.  There have been 56,543 tests in the County: 7.1% positive, 92.9 negative.

Link to SCHD data: https://insight.livestories.com/s/v2/covid-19-data-page/8a6ba562-bc6f-4e58-bdcc-c211b6be539c

From the Tennessee Department of Health: https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html

18,378 cases (+367); 10,969 recovered (+1,083); 305 deaths ((+4); 1,498 hospitalized (+9); and 346,123 tested (+8,695).

This is a link provided by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, tracking the COVID-19 pandemic in Shelby, Metro Memphis and Tennessee: https://uthsc.edu/coronavirus/local-data/

 

COVID-19 Cases

Shelby County Cases 4005
Deaths 88
Total Tested in Shelby County 56,543
Tennessee Total Cases 18,378
*As of 2 p.m. 5/19/20

Other Jurisdictions

Tipton County, TN 407
Desoto County, MS 404
Crittenden County, AR 241
Numbers current as of 10 a.m. 5/20/2020

 

 The Shelby County Health Department is investigating clusters of infection in a number of facilities that serve vulnerable populations.

Date Cluster Identified Facility Name Number of Deaths Positive Residents Positive Staff
4/2/2020 Christian Care Center of Memphis 17 8
4/6/2020 Highlands of Memphis Health and Rehabilitation Center 5 66 25
4/8/2020 Parkway Health and Rehab 8 36 12
4/11/2020 Heritage at Irene Woods 1 10 3
4/11/2020 King’s Daughters and Sons Home 6 19 7
4/12/2020 Village at Germantown 6 6 12
4/16/2020 Hancock Group Home 5 5
4/20/2020 Egypt Central Group Home 6 6
4/20/2020 Grace Healthcare of Cordova 1 5 3
4/25/2020 Collierville Health and Rehab 3
4/26/2020 Memphis Jewish Home 2 2
4/29/2020 Darolyn Home 1 4
4/29/2020 Quince Nursing and Rehab 8 27 4
5/6/2020 Leschalles Home 6 3
5/13/2020 Ave Maria Home 8 1
5/13/2020 Ava Maria Assisted Living 13 1
5/15/2020 Parkview Retirement Home 3

The testing positivity rate is the percentage of all tests conducted that are found to be positive.

The Health Department’s hotline number 833-943-1658 was activated March 12.

Health Department Call Center Statistics

Total Calls Received since 3/12/20 4,894
Total Calls Answered 5/19/20 121

The COVID-19 hotline is answered each day, including Saturday and Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  After-hours calls are returned as soon as possible on the next business day.