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Hamilton County Has 305 New COVID Cases, 3 New Deaths; Tennessee Has 10,421 New COVID Cases, 115 More Deaths

  • Friday, December 18, 2020
Hamilton County reported 305 new COVID-19 cases on Friday with a 196 patients hospitalized and 55 in Intensive Care Units. Twenty-one others were in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 93 are county residents.

The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 24,816.

There were three more deaths from the virus in the county reported on Friday, one male and two females, two were White and one was Black, one between the ages of 21-30, one between the ages of 71-80, and one over the age of 81, bringing the total to 232. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 20,746, which is 84 percent, and there are 3,838 active cases. 
 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 503,651 on Friday with a record 10,421 new cases. There have been 115 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 5,960, said state Health Department officials.

The state currently has 2,889 people hospitalized from the virus, 8 less than on Thursday.

There have been 425,264 people who have recovered from the virus in Tennessee (84 percent).

Testing numbers are above 5.212 million across the state. 

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,431 cases, up 30; 6 deaths

Bradley County:  7,763, up 243; 57 deaths, up 1

Grundy County: 1,045 cases, up 15; 14 deaths

Marion County: 1,630 cases, up 40; 22 deaths

Meigs County: 810 cases, up 36; 13 deaths

Polk County: 979 cases, up 35; 15 deaths

Rhea County: 2,634 cases, up 108; 43 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 956 cases, up 35; 7 deaths, up 1

Knox 27,402 cases, up 744; 236 deaths, up 4

Davidson 53,933 cases, up 712; 495 deaths, up 6

Shelby 59,370 cases, up 613; 802 deaths, up 20

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