Dead letter. Millington resident Troy Whittington shared a letter the Shelby County Health Department sent to his mother informing her of a positive test for COVID-19 and orders to isolate. But she passed away six months ago, on February 16.
Holiday delay.Cases are falling in Shelby County, but the Health Department wants to wait at least two weeks after Labor Day before relaxing its health directives.
Vaccine plans. The Health Department is making preparations to distribute a vaccine that the CDC says we should expect in late October or early November.
Quick tests. Sometime this month, Shelby County expects to have access to quick, $5 antigen tests purchased by the federal government.
Now for this week’s numbers.
Shelby County
Shelby County new cases, last 30 daysShelby County new cases, all datesShelby County all cases, last 30 daysShelby County all cases as of 9/5Shelby County current cases, last 30 daysShelby County tests and % positive, last 30 daysShelby County % positive daily and cumulativeShelby County new cases and testsShelby County current hospitalizations, last 30 daysShelby County current hospitalizations, all datesShelby County region acute care staffing and censusShelby County region ICU staffing and censusShelby County deaths, last 30 daysShelby County deathsShelby County case fatality rate by age as of 9/2Shelby County case fatality rate by sex as of 9/2
Tennessee
Tennessee new cases, last 30 daysTennessee new cases, all datesTennessee all cases, last 30 daysTennessee all cases as of 9/5Tennessee current cases, last 30 days *The state revised its calculation for recovered / inactive cases on September 3.Tennessee new hospitalizations, last 30 daysTennessee currently hospitalized, last 30 daysTennessee deaths, last 30 daysTennessee deaths
USA
USA new cases, last 30 daysUSA new cases, all datesUSA all cases, last 30 daysUSA all cases as of 9/5USA current cases, last 30 daysUSA deaths, last 30 daysUSA deaths by reported dateUSA deathsContext: USA leading causes of death
