Hamilton County Has 1 More Coronavirus Death, 69 More Cases

  • Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Hamilton County has had one more coronavirus death, bringing the toll to 92.

The number of new cases in Hamilton County on Tuesday was 69 - up from the prior day's 32. The new total is 9,342. 

Hamilton County has had 7,763 people recover from the virus (83 percent) and there are 1,487 active cases - up from 1,426. 

There are 52 people hospitalized in the county from coronavirus, and one suspected case. Of those, 23 are Hamilton County residents. Twelve are in intensive care. 

Tennessee had 28 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 2,261, state Health Department officials said. 

There were 739 new cases in the state for a total of 185,148.

The state currently has 766 people hospitalized from the virus, 62 more than on Monday. 

There have been 167,778 people who have recovered from the virus in Tennessee (91 percent).

Testing numbers are above 2.685 million across the state. 

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 30,244 cases, up 89; 449 deaths, up 2

Davidson County: 26,087 cases, up 70; 294 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 9,052 cases, up 54; 73 deaths, up 1

Bledsoe County:  845 cases; 4 deaths

Bradley County: 2,868 cases, up 10; 17 deaths, up 1

Grundy County: 256 cases, up 7; 5 deaths

Marion County: 504 cases, up 4; 7 deaths

Meigs County: 221 cases; 3 deaths

Polk County: 380 cases, up 2; 11 deaths

Rhea County: 788 cases, up 7; 11 deaths

Sequatchie County: 223 cases; 3 deaths

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