Hamilton County Has 6 New COVID Deaths, 606 New Cases; Tennessee Has 9,000 New Cases, 111 More COVID Deaths

  • Thursday, January 7, 2021
Hamilton County reported 606 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 201 patients hospitalized and 62 in Intensive Care Units. Fourteen others were in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 104 are county residents.

The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 32,484.

There were six more deaths from the virus in the county reported on Thursday, all white males, one between the ages of 51-60, one between the ages of 61-70, two between the ages of 71-80 and two over the age of 81, bringing the total to 292. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 27,959, which is 86 percent, and there are 4,233 active cases. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 634,237 on Thursday with 9,000 new cases.
There have been 111 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 7,492, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 3,351 people hospitalized from the virus, 19 more than on Wednesday.

Testing numbers are above 5.756 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 555,634, 88 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,660 cases, up 13; 10 deaths

Bradley County:  9,828 cases, up 107; 81 deaths

Grundy County: 1,318 cases, up 29; 20 deaths

Marion County: 2,039 cases, up 32; 26 deaths

Meigs County: 1,034 cases, up 11; 16 deaths

Polk County: 1,279 cases, up 15; 17 deaths

Rhea County: 3,476 cases, up 44; 52 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,243 cases, up 13; 17 deaths

Knox 35,441 cases, up 513; 340 deaths, up 10

Davidson 65,739 cases, up 870; 600 deaths

Shelby 71,084 cases, up 842; 996 deaths, up 19

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