Hamilton County Has No New COVID Deaths, 136 New Cases; Tennessee Has 4,908 New Cases, 44 More COVID Deaths

  • Friday, January 29, 2021

Hamilton County reported 136 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, with 99 patients hospitalized and 23 in Intensive Care Units. Five others were in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 43 are county residents.

The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 37,816.

There were no more deaths from the virus in the county reported since Thursday, leaving the total at 358.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 35,525, which is 94 percent, and there are 1,933 active cases. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 722,908 on Friday with 4,908 new cases. There have been 44 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 9,461, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 1,801 people hospitalized from the virus, 85 fewer than Thursday.

Testing numbers are above 6.277 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 677,136, 94 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,813 cases, up 17; 11 deaths

Bradley County:  11,497 cases, up 70; 107 deaths

Grundy County: 1,467 cases, up 14; 24 deaths

Marion County: 2,394 cases, up 9; 34 deaths

Meigs County: 1,215 cases, up 11; 17 deaths

Polk County: 1,543 cases, up 10; 18 deaths, up 1

Rhea County: 3,975 cases, up 29; 62 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 1,451 cases, up 15; 20 deaths

Knox 41,070 cases, up 156; 480 deaths, up 4

Davidson 74,404 cases, up 331; 726 deaths, up 3

Shelby 80,369 cases, up 460; 1,237 deaths, up 2

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