Memphis man shows letter from health dept. informing his mother she's tested positive for COVID-19 ('the only problem is...')

Doug P. | 11:49 AM on September 10, 2020

In the past weeks and months we’ve brought you story after story about “errors” that have been made in COVID-19 case counts, but this is among the most glaring and it makes us wonder how often it happens:

So this man gets a letter from the Shelby County Health Department almost 6 months after her death….. saying she is covid 19 positive and needs to isolate pic.twitter.com/zR3QYRGtA6

— Jeni DiPrizio (@local24jeni) September 3, 2020

A Shelby County woman dies in February but the health department told her so she took a Covid test in June. By then she had been cremated for months

— Jeni DiPrizio (@local24jeni) September 3, 2020

Here’s video via the Media Research Center:

A man in Mepmhis was told that his mother tested positive for COVID-19 from a test taken in June.

The only problem is that his mother died in February. pic.twitter.com/RcFmvP74Qh

— MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) September 10, 2020

The health department said it was a “mistake”:

The Health Department has finally responded to the “mistake “ that was made regarding a 66 year old woman who died in February being sent a letter in June saying she was COVID positive.

— Jeni DiPrizio (@local24jeni) September 3, 2020