Hamilton County Has 1 New COVID Death, 228 New Cases; Tennessee Has 4,983 New Cases, 84 More COVID Deaths

  • Thursday, January 14, 2021

Hamilton County reported 228 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 198 patients hospitalized with 48 in Intensive Care Units. Eight others were in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 88 are county residents.

The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 35,328.

There was one more death from the virus in the county reported on Thursday, a white male between the age of 71-80, bringing the total to 323. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 30,889, which is 87 percent, and there are 4,116 active cases. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 670,482 on Thursday with 4,983 new cases. There have been 84 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 8,232, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 2,964 people hospitalized from the virus, 68 less than Wednesday.

Testing numbers are above 5.939 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 596,883, 89 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,711 cases, up 6; 10 deaths

Bradley County:  10,500 cases, up 145; 91 deaths, up 1

Grundy County: 1,374 cases, up 3; 20 deaths

Marion County: 2,200 cases, up 14; 31 deaths

Meigs County: 1,107 cases, up 16; 16 deaths

Polk County: 1,373 cases, up 7; 17 deaths

Rhea County: 3,717 cases, up 23; 55 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,325 cases, up 6; 18 deaths

Knox 37,822 cases, up 274; 389 deaths, up 6

Davidson 69,030 cases, up 384; 648 deaths, up 2

Shelby 74,761 cases, up 495; 1,088 deaths, up 8

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