The farther along we get into this pandemic, we’re seeing its effects in ways other than just new case numbers and hospitalizations.

The latest information about COVID-19 in Shelby County will be posted here.

The latest information on COVID-19 in Shelby County will be posted here.

I wanted to reiterate one quick point of clarification that Dr. Haushalter made in the Joint Task Force briefing regarding the positivity rate from today’s reported numbers.

The latest information on COVID-19 in Shelby County will be posted here.

Riverside Drive will open back up on Monday, August 3.

On this morning’s Joint Task Force conference call, we received a presentation from faculty and students from the University of Memphis Master of Public Health Program in which they went through their findings from measuring the mask use compliance throughout Shelby County. The results were very encouraging.

I wanted to take a quick second today to highlight another area in which a tremendous amount of work and collaboration is happening as a result of the pandemic.

Since March of this year, we have been in the fight against COVID-19, and I just wanted to take a minute and thank the members of the COVID-19 Joint Task Force for their work.

To help ease the burden caused by COVID-19 and to increase space for restaurants and patrons to safely dine, today we announced restaurants in the City of Memphis who are permitted to operate under the current Shelby County Health Directive may expand their outdoor dining space in a manner that continues to ensure public health and safety.

Restaurants in the city of Memphis permitted to operate under the current Shelby County Health Directive may expand their outdoor dining space in a manner that continues to ensure public health and safety.

We along with many other cities around the country are experiencing longer than normal wait times between people getting tested and when they receive their results as labs around the country are overwhelmed and trying to catch up.

Wearing a mask or facial covering in public, washing your hands and staying home if you’re sick is even more important now than it was several weeks ago.