Hamilton County Has 1 More Coronavirus Death; 57 New Cases

  • Saturday, September 12, 2020
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Hamilton County on Saturday is 57. The new total is 8,769. There is one new death reported, said the county Health Department, for a total of 85. 

Tennessee had 39 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 2,064, state Health Department officials said. 

There were 1,032 new cases in the state for a total of 170,891.

The state currently has 805 people hospitalized from the virus, three less than on Friday. 

There have been 154,947 people who have recovered from the virus in Tennessee (91 percent).

Testing numbers are above 2.438 million across the state. 

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 28,626 cases, up 127; 421 deaths, up 4

Davidson County: 25,097 cases, up 41; 277 deaths, up 3

Knox County: 7,988 cases, up 115; 67 deaths, up 1

Bledsoe County:  822 cases, up 3; 4 deaths

Bradley County: 2,683 cases; 16 deaths

Franklin County: 734 cases, up 23; 7 deaths

Grundy County: 175 cases, up 5; 4 deaths

Marion County: 430 cases, up 5; 7 deaths

McMinn County: 933 cases, up 5; 24 deaths

Meigs County: 200 cases; 3 deaths

Monroe County cases 943, up 19; 17 deaths

Polk County: 365 cases, up 2; 11 deaths

Rhea County: 721 cases, up 2; 8 deaths

Sequatchie County: 193 cases, up 1; 2 deaths
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