Hamilton County Has No New COVID Deaths And 109 New Cases; Tennessee Has 35 More Deaths

  • Thursday, October 14, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported no more coronavirus deaths on Thursday and 109 new positive cases, up from 103 on Wednesday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 63,084. The death total is at 637.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 148 in Hamilton County - up from 139 on Wednesday. Nine more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 35 Hamilton County inpatients and 36 patients are in ICU - down from 39 on Wednesday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 61,120, which is 97 percent. There are 1,327 active cases, down from 1,343 on Wednesday.

Tennessee reported 2,047 new cases on Thursday, for a total of 1,260,980 coronavirus cases. 

There were 35 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Thursday, for a total of 15,769.

The state currently has 1,629 people hospitalized from the virus, 37 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 10.125 million.

There have been 1,219,637 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  3,445 cases, up 7; 17 deaths

Bradley County:  21,837 cases, up 47; 187 deaths

Grundy County: 2,772 cases, up 4; 37 deaths

Marion County: 5,683 cases, up 8; 52 deaths

McMinn County: 10,325 cases, up 16; 124 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 2,145 cases, up 7; 28 deaths

Polk County: 3,143 cases, up 2; 29 deaths

Rhea County: 6,900 cases, up 10; 91 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,938 cases, up 3; 32 deaths

Knox County: 77,226 cases, up 121; 885 deaths, up 7

Davidson County: 119,700 cases, up 166; 1,128 deaths

Shelby County: 142,844 cases, up 176; 2,193 deaths, up 6

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