Shelby County currently has 754 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The total number of deaths in Shelby County attributed to COVID-19 to 12.
When asked today (4.5.20) for a number of Shelby County residents who have recovered from COVID-19, Joan Carr, public information officer for the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD), said, ”We do not have a number of recovered cases to share yet. We do know that more than 80% of people who get the virus have a mild illness and recover completely, but we do not have actual statistics to share with the media.”
The state website shows 416 recovered and explains that category as:
| Recovered | 416 |
| TDH defines “recovered” as people who (1) have been confirmed to be asymptomatic by their local or regional health department and have completed their required isolation period or (2) are at least 21 days beyond the first test confirming their illness. | |
The state site also lists 311 hospitalizations, 43 fatalities and 41,391 tested with 38,070 negative tests. There are 3,321 confirmed cases in Tennessee.
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COVID-19 Cases |
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| Shelby County Cases | 754 | |
| Deaths | 11 | |
| Total Tested in Shelby County | 8514 | |
| Tennessee Total Cases | 3,321* *As of 2 p.m. 4/4/20 |
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Other Jurisdictions |
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| Tipton County, TN | 31 | |
| Desoto County, MS | 118 | |
| Crittenden County, AR | 44 | |
| Numbers current as of 10 a.m. 4/5/2020 | ||
Map of COVID-19 cases in Shelby County as of 04/04/2020
Data Source: National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS)
COVID-19 Cases in Shelby County by Age as of 04/04/2020
Data Source: National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS)
All of Shelby County, including the municipalities and the unincorporated areas are under Safer at Home orders. Only essential businesses as spelled out in Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’s executive order of March 24, 2020, may remain open to the public. All assemblies and gatherings of more than 10 people outside of a private residence are prohibited. The list of essential and non-essential businesses can be viewed here:
https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36528/Executive-Order—March-24-2020
For more information about the Safer at Home order or to register concerns, the public may contact:
- The City of Memphis 3-1-1 line
- The Shelby County Mayor’s Action Line: 901-222-2300
- The Shelby County Health Department’s COVID-19 Hotline: 833-943-1658
- Email shelbytnhealth@shelbycountytn.gov.
Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Shelby County Health Officer, formally issued health directive no. 2 April 4th.
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 | 2016 |
| Total Calls Answered 4/5/20 | 20 |
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.
Link to SCHD website: https://insight.livestories.com/s/v2/shelby-county-health-department-covid-19/db01f01b-3f9d-460a-9548-1db37ed0ccbd
Link to state website: https://www.tn.gov/health/cedep/ncov.html
