Hamilton County Has 3 New COVID Death, 525 New Cases; Tennessee Has 7,588 New Cases, 114 More COVID Deaths

  • Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Hamilton County reported 525 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 205 patients hospitalized and 62 in Intensive Care Units. Eleven others were in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 97 are county residents.

The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 31,878.

There were three more deaths from the virus in the county reported on Wednesday, two males and one female, one between the ages of 51-60, one between the ages of 61-70 and one over the age of 81, bringing the total to 286. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 27,557, which is 86 percent, and there are 4,035 active cases. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 625,237 on Wednesday with 7,588 new cases.
There have been 114 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 7,381, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 3,332 people hospitalized from the virus, 71 more than on Tuesday.

Testing numbers are above 5.716 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 548,838, 88 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,647 cases, up 10; 10 deaths, up 1

Bradley County:  9,721 cases, up 116; 81 deaths, up 5

Grundy County: 1,289 cases, up 17; 20 deaths

Marion County: 2,007 cases, up 33; 26 deaths

Meigs County: 1,023 cases, up 13; 16 deaths

Polk County: 1,264 cases, up 17; 17 deaths, up 1

Rhea County: 3,432 cases, up 41; 52 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 1,230 cases, up 9; 17 deaths

Knox 34,928 cases, up 480; 330 deaths, up 9

Davidson 64,869 cases, up 1,161; 600 deaths

Shelby 70,242 cases, up 576; 977 deaths, up 30
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