It's been 18 months since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Shelby County. While people are once gathering in large crowds for football games and festivals, new numbers show why there's still plenty of reasons to worry.
A victory tonight for three Shelby County couples who sued Tennessee Governor Bill Lee over his decision to allow parents to opt-out their kids from wearing masks at school.
Health leaders are cautiously optimistic COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Shelby County are starting to decrease. What they’d like to see increase is vaccination rates in Shelby County.
As some hospital numbers start to level out across the Mid-South, deaths are going up. At this point in the pandemic, one in 500 people in the United States has died of COVID-19.
Fewer Mississippians are getting the COVID-19 vaccine now than than they were last month, with the number of weekly doses dropping 34 percent in a three-week period.
According to LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard, the university has started to unenroll students for not following the COVID-19 vaccination rules.
They've been a lifesaving treatment for many people infected with COVID-19, especially the unvaccinated. But a policy change by the federal government could reduce access to monoclonal antibody treatments in the Mid-South.
Between Tuesday and Wednesday Shelby County recorded another 387 cases. since March 2020 the community has seen more than 136,000 cases and nearly 2,000 deaths. Some people are still feeling the effect of the pandemic economically. Local leaders said non-profits have been there to uplift the community during this time.
The Shelby County Health Department reported another drop in cases Wednesday with 387 new cases confirmed within the last 24 hours but deaths increased by four.
Nearly two dozen schools across Tennessee have moved to temporary remote learning since school started last month. While hybrid models including remote learning are prohibited in Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Education has allowed districts to apply for temporary remote learning if COVID-19 has interrupted effective in-person learning.
A family is urging people to get vaccinated after their 73-year-old relative was turned away from dozens of hospitals dealing with a surge in coronavirus patients.
Tennessee is leading the country in daily COVID-19 cases per capita. While national reports show some dipping in daily case counts, including in the Mid-South, Tennessee has seen a 12 percent increase.
A former president of the Mississippi Medical Association says a lot of it is nothing new but recent misinformation campaigns about the vaccine prompted the reminder to doctors.
Mid-South governors are pushing back against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for certain employers, calling it an overreach and even threatening to sue.
Hundreds of Mid-South businesses are trying to figure out what a new vaccine rule laid out by the Biden Administration means to them. The President said a rule will be forthcoming mandating vaccines or weekly COVID-19 testing for businesses with more than 100 employees.
