With COVID-19 cases beginning to trend upward in Tennessee’s Shelby County, health officials said they are not headed from phase two into phase three and are considering a move back into phase one.

With more businesses opening up in phase two and warmer weather, many people are out more and interacting with more people, which is the likely cause of the surge in cases, said Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter, who noted health officials have noticed people began to use masks less often at the onset of the second phase, but that people have begun using them more after the uptick in cases.