Hamilton County Has 1 More COVID Death And 58 More Cases

  • Friday, October 2, 2020

Hamilton County has one additional coronavirus death as the toll climbed to 98. There were 58 new cases on Friday, up from 53 on Thursday, and the new total is 9,936. 

There have been 9,219 people recover from the virus in Hamilton County, which is 93 percent. There are currently 619 active cases, up from 610 yesterday. 

There are 58 people hospitalized in Hamilton County from COVID. Of those, 29 are Hamilton County residents. Thirteen are in intensive care. 

Tennessee had 14 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 2,515, state Health Department officials said. 

There were 971 new cases in the state for a total of 198,403.

The state currently has 842 people hospitalized from the virus, 31 fewer than on Thursday. 

There have been 182,166 people who have recovered from the virus in Tennessee (92 percent).

Testing numbers are above 2.911 million across the state. 

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 31,389 cases, up 68; 480 deaths, up 1

Davidson County: 26,959 cases, up 19; 313 deaths

Knox County: 9,801 cases, up 64; 80 deaths

Bledsoe County:  867 cases, up 1; 4 deaths

Bradley County: 3,009 cases, up 11; 17 deaths

Grundy County: 352 cases, up 9; 6 deaths

Marion County: 563 cases, up 3; 9 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 234 cases, up 2; 3 deaths

Polk County: 414 cases, up 1; 11 deaths

Rhea County: 878 cases, up 8; 15 deaths

Sequatchie County: 249 cases; 3 deaths

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