The weekly average of positive Covid tests fell again last week for the fourth week in a row, according to Friday data from the Shelby County Health Department.
The figure is one indicator that the peak of the summer, Delta-variant surge could be behind the Memphis area. Another indicator, the seven-day rolling average of new cases fell this week from just over an average 700 new cases per day to just over 600 average new cases reported per day.
Active Covid cases continue to fall. As of Friday morning, 6,281 people were known to the health department to be Covid-positive. That figure includes 2,091 pediatric cases. The overall active case count was over 7,000 last week.
