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COVID-19 in Memphis: Thousands of vaccine appointments available next week Commercial Appeal © Ariel Cobbert/ The Commercial Appeal Collierville firemen prepare over a 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at Germantown Baptist drive-thru vaccination site on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
Last updated at 10:30 a.m. on April 11.
As vaccinations increase throughout Shelby County, new COVID-19 infections remain relatively flat. The epidemic within Shelby County is not shrinking at the rate it did for months, but it is not growing, either. Hospitals have capacity. People are still dying from the virus, but in smaller numbers than earlier this year.
However, the introduction of COVID-19 variants in the community threatens to reverse the gains made in blunting the curve of the pandemic. The spread of the UK variant is increasing, and area labs have detected a second Brazil variant in the region.
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