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Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 10:13 PM CDT
|By Joyce Peterson
Expert answers questions amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 12:06 PM CDT
|By Action News 5 Staff
Guidance on what to do if you test positive or negative is provided upon submission of the result.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:54 AM CDT
|By Talya Faggart
While experts aren’t sure how high cases will climb, the surge is not expected to reach the heights of the omicron surge.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 1:22 PM CDT
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder spoke more about the BA.2 variant and if she expects a rise in cases in the coming weeks.
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Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 3:11 PM CDT
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder talked about the uptick in the new subvariant of omicron BA.2, including if she is concerned about another COVID wave here in the Mid-South.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 7:41 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
A bill advancing in Mississippi says anyone could cite religious objections to avoid a public or private employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 3:22 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder talked more about the new omicron subvariant known at BA.2.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2022 at 11:48 AM CST
|By Talya Faggart
Our Memphis Grizzlies and the Shelby County Health Department are teaming up to help get Mid-Southerners vaccinated.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2022 at 2:58 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 226 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2022 at 2:53 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 259 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Current Temperatures
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 11:41 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The weekly test positivity rate for COVID-19 has been on a steady decline since omicron surge in December.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 10:31 PM CST
|By Kelli Cook
The state is reporting 60% of residents have received at least one dose and 51% are fully vaccinated.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 11:46 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 261 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 6:37 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
Doctors praise the recent COVID-19 antiviral pills on the market. Now, the Mid-South is poised to receive more of those pills.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 11:40 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 268 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 1:54 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder talked more about the current oral therapies available and the struggles being felt in the supply chain.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 11:11 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reports 153 new COVID-19 cases and 54 additional pediatric cases Tuesday.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 7:20 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
The former lead of Shelby County’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is speaking to Action News 5 about the lawsuit she filed against Shelby County. Dr. Judy Martin said she never falsified any information about expired vaccine doses, and believes this lawsuit is her only option in clearing her name.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2022 at 11:44 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reported as of Feb.13, 555,555 people in the county are vaccinated.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 12:27 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County Health Department reported another drop in the weekly positivity rate for the fifth week in a row following a massive surge of omicron cases.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 4:24 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
COVID-19 case numbers are going down, but health officials are looking for COVID-19 treatments to go up.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 12:33 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
Shelby County COVID-19 cases are up by another 432 with 92 additional pediatric cases, according to the health department dashboard.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 at 1:27 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
To mask or not to mask?
Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 at 11:20 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 213 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 3:11 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder talked more about when the COVID-19 vaccine might be available to children under the age of 5.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 11:54 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
COVID-19 numbers are down, but the virus isn’t gone.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2022 at 4:09 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 259 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Feb. 5, 2022 at 8:49 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 783 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 5:16 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
After two weeks of rising numbers, areas in the Mid-South are starting to see a decline in COVID-19 pediatric cases. However, the virus still very much taking its toll as Mississippi reported yet another death due to covid-19 in a child.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 at 9:00 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
Doctors are also looking at the next corner to turn in this pandemic. Now, some focus has been put on what COVID-19 will look like once it turns into an endemic.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2022 at 4:26 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
With just one day left in the month, active COVID-19 cases are still slowly dropping.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2022 at 2:48 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 1,072 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 4:42 PM CST
|By Bria Bolden
In an effort to increase vaccination rates in Shelby County, a vaccine site at Southwest Tennessee Community College is reopening.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 11:49 AM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
The Shelby County Health Department reports that there are 14,697 active COVID-19 cases in Shelby County, 4,941 of them are pediatric cases.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 11:44 AM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
The Shelby County Health Department reports 1,078 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 12:36 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
As the pandemic continues, it is important to take time to think about your physical and mental well-being.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 11:57 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 852 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 3:12 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
This week, Dr. Mazumder talked about whether she believes the omicron variant has reached its peak in the Mid-South.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2022 at 2:37 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 1,423 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2022 at 2:53 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 1,582 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 18 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2022 at 12:58 PM CST
|By Amanda Hanson
Dr. Lee Beers, former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, joined Action News 5′s Andrew Douglas at the digital desk to talk about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in kids 5 to 11.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 11:37 AM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
Shelby County Health Department reports 1,554 new COVID-19 cases in Shelby County.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2022 at 1:19 PM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
Infectious disease expert Dr. Steve Threlkeld will hold a COVID-19 Q&A at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 5:11 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
Government staff in rural areas are being hit hard by the wave in omicron cases. With a smaller pool of employees, local mayors say even a small surge in cases has an impact.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2022 at 2:51 PM CST
|By Tucker Robbins
The Shelby County Health Department reports 2,056 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 23 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2022 at 3:27 PM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 2,235 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 4:44 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
The Better Business Bureau is sounding the alarm on the possibility of pop-up fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites. The organization said a little bit of work before getting your test can help with any major headaches brought about by scammers.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 11:20 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department has reported a recent drop in the COVID-19 test positivity rate.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 4:53 PM CST
|By Kelly Roberts
While COVID-19 case numbers and positivity rates are going down, hospitalizations are going up. Now, there are more COVID-19 patients in Shelby County hospitals than ever before.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 10:13 AM CST
|By Action News 5 Staff
The Shelby County Health Department reports 2,549 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases and five deaths over the last 24 hours.