There are 700 more cases of coronavirus and one additional death as a result of the disease, the Shelby County Health Department reported this morning.
Seven hundred is the largest one-day increase to date and occurs 10 days after the July 4 holiday.
The total is now 14,555 cases and 223 deaths, according to the same data; 9,435 are considered recovered.
Those 700 new cases come from 5,233 tests, a positivity rate of 13.4%.
Shelby County has administered 161,069 coronavirus tests, with an overall positive rate of 9.03%.
Within the region, 89% of acute care beds are in use, as of 5 pm on July 13, according to the state’s Health Resources Tracking System.
Data reflects hospitals in Shelby and Lauderdale counties in Tennessee, Crittenden county in Arkansas, and Desoto county in Mississippi.
With those numbers, there are 291 acute care beds available.
Of 2,200 patients in acute care beds, 195 of them are positive for COVID-19 and another 96 are under investigation for the virus, which means that around 13% of acute care patients are positive for COVID-19 or low. virus research.
Within the region, 85% of ICU beds are being used; 67 ICU beds are available.
Of 369 patients in ICU beds, 113 are positive for COVID-19 and another 31 are under investigation for the virus, which means that 39% of ICU patients are positive for COVID-19 or are under investigation for the virus. .
The Tennessee Department of Health reports coronavirus data statewide at 2 pm every day.
As of Monday, July 13, the agency reported 65,274 coronavirus cases, including 749 deaths, 3,284 hospitalizations, and 36,996 deemed recovered.
About 1.1 million tests for coronavirus have been administered in Tennessee.
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