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COVID-19 Cases |
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| Shelby County Cases | 198 | |
| Tennessee Total Cases | 784* *As of 2 p.m. 3/25/20 |
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Other Jurisdictions |
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| Tipton County, TN | 6 | |
| Desoto County, MS | 36 | |
| Crittenden County, AR | 7 | |
| Numbers current as of 10 a.m. 3/26/2020 | ||
Shelby County currently has 198 confirmed COVID-19 case, 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. 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 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 | 1460 |
| Total Calls Answered 3/25/20 | 198 |
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.
Keeping Shelby County residents, elected officials, and faith and community leaders informed is an important part of our strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 in our community, according to Ms. Carr.
