Hamilton County Has 4 New COVID Deaths, 202 New Cases; Tennessee Has 1,979 New Cases, 192 More COVID Deaths

  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Hamilton County reported 202 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with 125 patients hospitalized with 35 in Intensive Care Units. Eleven others were in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 47 are county residents.

The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 37,361.

There were four more deaths from the virus in the county reported since Monday, one male and three females, all black, one between the ages of 71-80 and three over the age of 81, bringing the total to 353. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 34,541, which is 92 percent, and there are 2,467 active cases. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 712,406 on Tuesday with 1,979 new cases. There have been 192 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 9,162, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 2,026 people hospitalized from the virus, 41 fewer than Monday.

Testing numbers are above 6.207 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 662,533, 93 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,788 cases, up 6; 11 deaths

Bradley County:  11,329 cases, up 66; 104 deaths, up 3

Grundy County: 1,442 cases, up 6; 22 deaths

Marion County: 2,370 cases, up 8; 34 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 1,198 cases, up 6; 17 deaths, up 1

Polk County: 1,514 cases, up 9; 17 deaths

Rhea County: 3,928 cases, up 10; 58 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,430 cases, up 9; 20 deaths

Knox 40,479 cases, up 144; 455 deaths, up 3

Davidson 73,395 cases, up 147; 716 deaths, up 19

Shelby 79,215 cases, up 190; 1,211 deaths, up 25

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