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Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Olivia Gunn
Some school districts in the Mid-South are removing their mask requirements.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reports 167 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths within the last 24 hours.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
Several Northeast Arkansas school districts continue to report positive COVID-19 cases among their students and faculty.
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Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
As it currently stands - Mississippi has 330 deaths per 100,000 residents. That means 1 in 300 people in the state have died of COVID.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
Shelby County is getting ready for some changes in vaccine eligibility. The FDA reviewed Moderna booster shots Thursday and Johnson and Johnson boosters are expected to be reviewed Friday
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 11:49 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Memphis-Shelby County COVID task force is giving an update on vaccination and COVID-19 numbers during a press conference Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Courtney Ann Jackson
The number of Mississippians getting vaccinated has mostly dropped off each week for the last couple of months. But there are still efforts to boost the overall numbers.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
There are also 34 new pediatric cases with 601 active cases among children in Shelby County. Data shows children account for about 30% of all active cases.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 10:26 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Efforts to get more Americans protected against coronavirus are ramping up across the U.S., especially as the holiday season approaches.
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Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The county’s COVID-19 dashboard shows 94 new cases and no additional deaths within the last 24 hours.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
70 percent of the county’s division of corrections population is inoculated against the COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 4:19 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
Infectious disease specialist, Dr. Steven Threlkeld, says the pill would provide even more options to treat patients.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 4:09 PM CDT
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
Michael Harrell served as the head football coach for Piggott High School.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 11:01 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported 143 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths across the county within the last 24 hours.
Updated: Oct. 10, 2021 at 3:03 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reports 142 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and no new deaths within the last 24 hours.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2021 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reports 159 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 more deaths within the last 24 hours.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 10:49 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
Depending on when you got the shot, your immunity may have already significantly dropped.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 11:39 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reports 213 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths within the last 24 hours.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 4:23 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
Memphis’ Office of Youth Services is encouraging kids to get vaccinated. The City of Memphis is planning a symposium Friday to give kids and parents information on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County School employees who test positive for COVID-19 are now eligible for up to 10 paid sick days during their isolation period.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County hospital capacity data shows more than 90% of Mid-South hospitals are being utilized.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 9:55 PM CDT
|By Kelli Cook
It’s still in the planning stages, but one vaccine executive says you may need to get a new COVID-19 shot next year.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 4:14 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
Shelby County now has the lowest COVID-19 case rate per capita in the state according to the New York Times. As the only county in Tennessee with an indoor mask mandate, health officials here said it’s obvious mask mandates are working.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 3:58 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
Currently African Americans make up about 17% of the population in Tennessee. 11.5% are fully vaccinated.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 1:16 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Steve Threlkeld will be answering questions about COVID-19 during his weekly press conference Wednesday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM CDT
|By Shyra Sherfield
The Tennessee Health Department sent out a message via Twitter Wednesday warning of a delayed immune response to COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 12:28 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
SCHD says there are 2,875 active cases in Shelby County 863 of which are among children.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 5:39 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is expanding its monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 patients.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
On Tuesday,115 Mid-Southerners were being treated for COVID 19 at Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare. It’s the largest number of COVID patients in nearly a week. While case numbers in Shelby County slowly decline, doctors said it’s not time to let our guard down.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 10:19 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
A study from Oxford University shows psychiatric or neurological disorders are being diagnosed in those who have recovered from COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 8:35 PM CDT
|By Camille Connor
COVID vaccine makers are expanding their clinical trials to include more children ages 5 to 11.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 3:01 PM CDT
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder talked about the importance of being vaccinated against both the flu and COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 1:56 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The Arkansas Senate has advanced a measure that would require an exemption process for workers who face a COVID-19 vaccine mandate from their employers.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Mississippi State Department of Health reported 904 total ICU beds in use one month ago compared to 686, as of Sunday, October 3.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 9:54 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department says there are 129 new COVID-19 cases in Shelby County along with 17 additional virus-related deaths.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 9:06 AM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
The number of presumed positive coronavirus cases in Mississippi continues to rise.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2021 at 2:54 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reported 284 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and eleven new deaths as of Sunday morning.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2021 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reported 246 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and seven new deaths as of Saturday morning.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:14 PM CDT
|By Olivia Gunn
The Germantown Baptist Church vaccination site is set to reopen this month. for three dates.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 12:27 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County is taking Governor Lee to court.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 11:09 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reported 308 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths Friday morning.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 6:39 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Members of the Memphis-Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force say daily case counts, the seven-day average and pediatric cases are all dropping.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 1:55 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County COVID-19 data continues on a downward trend.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 1:55 PM CDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Thursday that he plans to renew his controversial masking opt-out order and fight challenges to the order across the state.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 6:27 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Former Memphis city council member Barbara Swearengen Ware has died. She was 82 years old.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 6:03 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff and Maggie Wade
So far, 22,000 pregnant women have been hospitalized after contracting the virus --161 women have died. Nearly 10% of those deaths were reported in Mississippi.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 5:18 AM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Woodson reportedly died at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The House and Senate Public Health committees on Wednesday endorsed identical versions of the bill, which would also require the state to pay unemployment benefits to workers who are fired for not getting vaccinated.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 8:13 PM CDT
|By Kelly Roberts
While Tennessee is starting to see steady declines in COVID-19 cases statewide, more than 3,000 new infections and 100 deaths were reported in the state over the last 24 hours.