Tag: COVID-19

If you have questions for the Shelby County Health Department, this week you can ask them directly.

The department’s director, Dr. Alisa Haushalter, joins me for a virtual town hall on Thursday, August 20, at 6 p.m.

Here are this week’s numbers.

Tripwires. This week the Shelby County Health Department and the COVID-19 Task Force introduced “tripwires” to determine how restrictions will be implemented or lifted.

The full details on the tripwires, as well as new guidance on athletics, is part of Health Directive #10.

Improvement. New cases are trending down at the national, state and local levels for the first time since mid-May.

In addition, the number of current cases is falling in Shelby County, and Tennessee’s current cases have plateaued.

Here are this week’s numbers.

This week Herman Cain fell victim to complications of COVID-19, becoming one of the most high-profile Americans taken by the virus.

Cain, 74, was a one-time presidential candidate and for a time led the field in the 2012 Republican primary. Born in Memphis, Cain was a successful businessman and public servant.

Cain’s age and previous battle with cancer in 2006 may have placed him at higher risk. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus in late June and, due to breathing troubles, was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he died four weeks later.

This week parents had to decide whether to send kids back to school or to have them continue with remote learning.

According to early reports, 77% of SCS parents opted to keep kids home for the first half of the year.

Back to School plans:

• Bartlett City Schools
• Lakeland School System
• Shelby County Schools