Hamilton County Has 2 More Coronavirus Deaths, 111 More Cases; Tennessee Has 28 More Deaths

  • Friday, August 28, 2020

There have been two more COVID-19-related deaths in Hamilton County, the county Health Department announced on Friday. The toll has climbed to 74.

 

An additional 111 coronavirus cases were reported in Hamilton County, bringing the new total to 7,794.

 

There have been 6,076 Hamilton County residents recover from the virus and there are currently 1,644 active cases. 

 

There are 52 COVID patients in Chattanooga hospitals, plus two that are suspected. Those include 21 Hamilton County residents. Intensive Care patients increased from 13 to 17.

 

Tennessee had 28 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 1,701, state Health Department officials said. 

There were 1,636 new cases in the state for a total of 150,815.

There were 74 more patients hospitalized to bring that total to 6,751.

There have been 113,313 people recover from the virus.

Testing numbers are above 2.15 million.

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 26,649 cases, up 145; 378 deaths, up 1

Davidson County: 23,321 cases, up 140; 254 deaths, up 3

Knox County: 6,170 cases, up 171; 51 deaths

Bledsoe County:  773 cases, up 1; 3 deaths

Bradley County: 2,439 cases, up 23; 16 deaths

Franklin County: 470 cases, up 10; 4 deaths

Grundy County: 147 cases; 2 deaths

Marion County: 318 cases, up 4; 6 deaths

McMinn County: 775 cases, up 10; 21 deaths

Meigs County: 159 cases, up 8; 2 deaths

Monroe County: 711 cases, up 30; 14 deaths

Polk County: 319 cases, up 1; 10 deaths

Rhea County: 639 cases, up 4; 3 deaths

Sequatchie County: 141 cases; 1 death

 

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