As more people test for COVID-19, the number of cases will continue to rise but health officials are watching the testing positivity rate.
A testing positivity rate is the number of positive tests compared to the number of tests taken.
On May 14, 7.59% of the total tests in Shelby County were positive.
That’s down from over a week ago when the County’s positivity rate was 8.37%.
Still, Shelby County’s positivity rate is higher than the state’s rate.