No New COVID Deaths Reported In Hamilton County, 112 New Cases; Tennessee Has 163 More Deaths

  • Tuesday, December 7, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported no more coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and 112 new positive cases, up from 81 on Monday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 66,082. The death total is now at 713. 

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 68 in Hamilton County - up from 63 on Monday. Eight more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 24 Hamilton County inpatients and 30 patients are in ICU - up from 21 on Monday.  

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 64,513, which is 98 percent. There are 856 active cases, up from 816 on Monday.

Tennessee reported 2,043 new cases on Tuesday, for a total of 1,329,496 coronavirus cases. 

There were 163 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Tuesday, for a total of 17,650.

The state currently has 921 people hospitalized from the virus, 24 more than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 10.818 million.

There have been 1,293,753 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  3,582 cases; 26 deaths, up 2

Bradley County:  22,824 cases, up 40; 238 deaths, up 3

Grundy County: 2,947 cases, up 2; 44 deaths

Marion County: 5,920 cases, up 3; 74 deaths, up 4

McMinn County: 10,838 cases, up 13; 145 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 2,252 cases, up 5; 33 deaths

Polk County: 3,286 cases, up 2; 33 deaths

Rhea County: 7,198 cases, up 11; 101 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 3,083 cases, up 1; 40 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 81,776 cases, up 143; 971 deaths, up 8

Davidson County: 125,343 cases, up 126; 1,223 deaths, up 3

Shelby County: 148,920 cases, up 142; 2,399 deaths, up 12

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