One key Covid number is as low now as it was just as the Delta-variant surge began.
The latest weekly average rate of positive Covid-19 tests is 5.5 percent. The number has not been that low since late June (4.4 percent) and early July (7.9 percent).
The number is further proof that Shelby County’s Covid situation is improving from a summer of record-high Covid cases.
The health department is now aware of 1,868 people currently sick with Covid. Of those, 528 are children.
