Hamilton County Has 1 More Coronavirus Death, Cases Top 6,000; State Has 9 More Deaths

  • Saturday, August 8, 2020

The Hamilton County Health Department reported on Saturday that the total number of Hamilton County resident deaths has risen one more to 54.

Total cases now are 6,031 in Hamilton County, an increase of 104.

Tennessee had 9 more deaths bringing the toll to 1,215. 

There were 1,803 new cases for a total of 120,585.

There were 72 more hospitalized to bring that total to 5,262.

There have been 80,340 people recover from the virus.

Testing numbers are above 1.68 million.

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 22,916 cases, up 281; 301 deaths

Davidson County: 20,383 cases, up 198; 213 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 4,513 cases, up 106; 38 deaths, up 1

Bledsoe County:  695 cases, up 5; 1 death

Bradley County: 1,903 cases, up 29; 12 deaths

Franklin County: 325 cases, up 12; 4 deaths

Grundy County: 113 cases, up 2; 2 deaths

Marion County: 222 cases, up 6; 4 deaths

McMinn County: 531 cases, up 7; 20 deaths

Meigs County: 104 cases, up 3; no deaths

Monroe County: 418 cases, up 11; 9 deaths

Polk County: 204 cases, up 9; 3 deaths 

Rhea County: 528 cases, up 6; 2 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 105 cases, up 3; 0 deaths

 

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