Hamilton County COVID Deaths Remain At 92; 45 New Cases

  • Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Hamilton County has no new coronavirus deaths, and the toll remains at 92.

The number of new cases in Hamilton County on Wednesday was 45 - down from the prior day's 69. The new total is 9,387. 

Hamilton County has had 7,790 people recover from the virus (83 percent) and there are 1,505 active cases - up from 1,487. 

There are 44 people hospitalized in the county from coronavirus, and three suspected cases. Of those, 19 are Hamilton County residents. Eleven are in intensive care. 

Tennessee had 14 more coronavirus deaths bringing the total to 2,275, state Health Department officials said. 

There were 1,561 new cases in the state for a total of 186,709.

The state currently has 779 people hospitalized from the virus, 13 more than on Tuesday. 

There have been 169,649 people who have recovered from the virus in Tennessee (91 percent).

Testing numbers are above 2.707 million across the state. 

Here are the numbers by county:

Shelby County: 30,397 cases, up 153; 449 deaths

Davidson County: 26,194 cases, up 107; 297 deaths, up 3

Knox County: 9,115 cases, up 63; 75 deaths, up 2

Bledsoe County:  848 cases, up 3; 4 deaths

Bradley County: 2,883 cases, up 15; 17 deaths

Grundy County: 263 cases, up 7; 5 deaths

Marion County: 516 cases, up 12; 7 deaths

Meigs County: 221 cases; 3 deaths

Polk County: 380 cases; 10 deaths, down 1

Rhea County: 791 cases, up 3; 11 deaths

Sequatchie County: 226 cases, up 3; 2 deaths, down 1

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