Hamilton County Has No New COVID Deaths And 53 More Cases; Tennessee Has 47 More Deaths

  • Thursday, October 1, 2020

Hamilton County has no additional coronavirus deaths as the toll remains at 97. There were 53 new cases on Thursday and the new total is 9,878. 

There have been 9,171 people recover from the virus in Hamilton County, which is 93 percent. There are currently 610 active cases, up from 602 yesterday. 

There are 55 people hospitalized in Hamilton County from COVID, and one additional suspected case. Of those, 30 are Hamilton County residents. Thirteen are in intensive care. 

Tennessee had 47 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 2,501, state Health Department officials said. 

There were 1,293 new cases in the state for a total of 197,432.

The state currently has 846 people hospitalized from the virus, 29 more than on Wednesday. 

There have been 180,781 people who have recovered from the virus in Tennessee (92 percent).

Testing numbers are above 2.895 million across the state. 

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 31,321 cases, up 119; 479 deaths, up 7

Davidson County: 26,940 cases, up 66; 313 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 9,737 cases, up 56; 80 deaths

Bledsoe County:  866 cases, up 2; 4 deaths

Bradley County: 2,998 cases, up 10; 17 deaths

Grundy County: 343 cases, up 17; 6 deaths

Marion County: 560 cases, up 5; 8 deaths

Meigs County: 232 cases, up 1; 3 deaths

Polk County: 413 cases, up 3; 11 deaths, up 1

Rhea County: 870 cases, up 7; 15 deaths

Sequatchie County: 249 cases; 3 deaths

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