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UT Health Science Center announces COVID hospitalizations dropped every day this week

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Some good news going into the weekend, the number of COVID patients hospitalized in Shelby County has finally started to drop. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center just released its weekly report on hospitalizations in Shelby County. The number fell every day this week. There are about 650 COVID patients that are currently being treated at… Read More


6-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized with COVID-Related Illness Needs Blood Platelets

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A community is sending an urgent request tonight as a little girl is hospitalized at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Six-year-old Hattie Lucille Shell is battling a condition brought on by COVID-19 that causes body parts and organs to become inflamed. She’s been in the ICU for about a month. “What we see is that a… Read More


Man Suspected in Auto Parts Theft at UT Garage Tries to Cover his Tracks by Spray-Painting Own Car, Police Say

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UTHSC campus police say a man painted his entire car with black spray paint and attached drive-out tags, but that didn’t stop them from connecting the vehicle to a recent auto part theft at the school. UTHSC police said Steven Reynolds, 29, was arrested after one of their officers spotted his car in the parking… Read More


Health officials paint dire picture as Covid hospitalizations surge in Shelby County

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is tracking hospitalizations in Shelby County with the latest data released Wednesday evening showing more than 600 Covid patients being treated at local hospitals. That’s about the same as during the height of the pandemic in January and hospitalizations are expected to double over the next two weeks.… Read More


Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force warns cases could climb higher if virus isn’t contained

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On a day when Shelby County reported 915 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, the Shelby County COVID Task Force said cases could be six times higher by the end of September if we do not contain the spread of the virus. Officials noted that there has been a tenfold increase in the number of hospital patients… Read More


Health officials paint dire picture as Covid hospitalizations surge in Shelby County

WREG

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is tracking hospitalizations in Shelby County with the latest data released Wednesday evening showing more than 600 Covid patients being treated at local hospitals. That’s about the same as during the height of the pandemic in January and hospitalizations are expected to double over the next two weeks.… Read More


Frankly, it’s scary’: COVID hospitalizations could reach record in Memphis area as delta variant rages

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The number of people with COVID in Shelby County is skyrocketing. The New York Times reported Wednesday morning that more than 1,000 new COVID cases were confirmed in Shelby County a day before. We haven’t seen an increase like that since January.


Number of kids with COVID has been rising for days, with school around the corner

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Buckle up — the pandemic is about to get a lot worse. COVID hospitalizations in Shelby County doubled in the past two weeks, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center says they could hit an all-time high in just days. That includes more children getting infected.