Hamilton County Has 84 New Coronavirus Cases, No New Deaths; Tennessee Has 19 More Deaths; 3 More Die In Polk County

  • Saturday, August 15, 2020

The county Heath Department said Saturday reported 84 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 6,694.

 

There were no new deaths with the toll remaining at 60.

Tennessee had 19 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 1,345, state Health Department officials. 

There were 1,289 new cases in the state for a total of 131,747.

There were 88 more patients hospitalized to bring that total to 5,813.

There have been 92,100 people recover from the virus.

Testing numbers are above 1.827 million.

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 24,440 cases, up 189; 323 deaths, up 2

Davidson County: 21,677 cases, up 149; 220 deaths

Knox County: 5,123 cases, up 72; 42 deaths - up 1

Bledsoe County:  746 cases, up 12; 2 deaths

Bradley County: 2,126 cases, up 24; 16 deaths - up 1

Franklin County: 366 cases, up 3; 4 deaths

Grundy County: 128 cases, up 2; 2 deaths

Marion County: 243 cases, up 3; 5 deaths

McMinn County: 596 cases, up 5; 20 deaths

Meigs County: 115 cases; no deaths

Monroe County: 497 cases, up 18; 10 deaths

Polk County: 244 cases, up 7; 8 deaths - up 3

Rhea County: 576 cases, up 2; 2 deaths

Sequatchie County: 118 cases, up 1; 1 death

 

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