Hamilton County Has Another COVID Death And 57 New Cases; State Has 7 More Deaths

  • Monday, August 31, 2020

There has been another COVID-19-related death in Hamilton County, the county Health Department announced on Monday, bringing the toll to 75. 

An additional 57 coronavirus cases were reported in Hamilton County, bringing the new total to 7,947.

Health Department officials said 6,370 people have recovered from the coronavirus and there are currently 1,502 active cases. 

There are 51 COVID patients in Chattanooga hospitals, plus two that are suspected. Those include 32 Hamilton County residents. There are 14 patients in intensive care.

Tennessee had seven more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 1,754, state Health Department officials said. 

There were 1,818 new cases in the state for a total of 154,933.

The state had 38 more patients hospitalized to bring that total to 6,878.

There have been 116,864 people recover from the virus in Tennessee.

Testing numbers are above 2.197 million across the state. 

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 27,120 cases, up 144; 387 deaths, up 2

Davidson County: 23,474 cases, up 44; 259 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 6,429 cases, up 93; 57 deaths

Bledsoe County:  775 cases; 4 deaths

Bradley County: 2,473 cases, up 5; 16 deaths

Franklin County: 492 cases, up 4; 4 deaths

Grundy County: 149 cases; 2 deaths

Marion County: 325 cases; 7 deaths

McMinn County: 791 cases; 23 deaths

Meigs County: 162 cases; 2 deaths

Monroe County: 749 cases, up 11; 15 deaths

Polk County: 327 cases, up 1; 10 deaths

Rhea County: 652 cases, up 5; 4 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 142 cases; 1 death

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