Just a few months ago the hospital had no Covid-19 patients, with hopes that the widespread availability and effectiveness of vaccination in the US would keep things that way. But with the Delta variant now tearing its way through unvaccinated Americans and inoculation rates plateauing in Tennessee amid a dangerous conservative political backlash against vaccines, hospitals are experiencing a new wave of cases.
Covid-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee have more than doubled in the past three weeks, from 195 to 579. Itâs currently far less than the peaks of last winter, when hospitals cared for upwards of 3,300 Covid patients statewide, but data shared with the Guardian shows that officials in Memphis believe almost 80% of new cases are now tied to the highly transmissible Delta variant with the transmission rate, or R number, at 1.53 and climbing, close to the highest it has ever been in the city.
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Memphis churches to offer free 12-week financial literacy program
40 churches came together to form the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis after the death of George Floyd. Author: Jalyn Souchek Updated: 1:08 PM CDT April 8, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A free twelve week financial literacy program begins Thursday night. It hopes to get people struggling out of debt and financially empowered. The program is being brought to Memphians virtually for free from the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis.
“We want to make certain that the Black church, the African-American church, does more than make us happy on Sunday morning, Rev. Darell Harrington said.
Harrington is a pastor at New Sardis Baptist Church: one of the 40 predominately black churches that came together to form the Black Clergy Collective of Memphis after the death of George Floyd.
Easter marked return of in-person service for some Black Memphis churches. Others wait.
The choir wore masks, every member vaccinated.
The congregation sat spaced out in the 3,500-seat sanctuary, after getting temperatures checked upon entry to the parking lot.
And, for the first time in 13 months, they celebrated together, in person, at Greater Imani Church.
While some churches in Memphis began in-person services months ago, many Black congregations have continued to worship virtually.
But now, some are tiptoeing back to in-person worship services. For some like Greater Imani off Austin Peay Highway, Easter Sunday was the first Sunday in 13 months for churches to welcome congregants back into a worship hall. Others plan to continue with virtual-only offerings for a bit longer, seeking to stem the tide of COVID-19 that has swept through their congregations.