Hamilton County Has 2 More COVID Deaths And 103 New Cases; State Has 47 More Deaths

  • Wednesday, October 13, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported two more coronavirus deaths on Wednesday and 103 new positive cases, down from 134 on Tuesday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 62,975. The death total is at 637. 

It is reported the deaths were both white women, one age 51-60 and one age 71-80.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 139 in Hamilton County - up from 134 on Tuesday. Four more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 31 Hamilton County inpatients and 39 patients are in ICU - down from 42 on Tuesday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 60,995, which is 97 percent. There are 1,343 active cases, down from 1,367 on Tuesday.

Tennessee reported 2,431 new cases on Wednesday, for a total of 1,258,933 coronavirus cases. 

There were 47 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Wednesday, for a total of 15,734.

The state currently has 1,665 people hospitalized from the virus, 69 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 10.109 million. 

There have been 1,216,532 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  3,438 cases, up 7; 17 deaths, up 1

Bradley County:  21,790 cases, up 35; 187 deaths

Grundy County: 2,768 cases, up 11; 37 deaths

Marion County: 5,675 cases, up 17; 52 deaths

McMinn County: 10,309 cases, up 17; 123 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 2,138 cases, up 3; 28 deaths

Polk County: 3,141 cases, up 12; 29 deaths

Rhea County: 6,890 cases, up 16; 91 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 2,935 cases, up 3; 32 deaths

Knox County: 77,105 cases, up 153; 878 deaths, up 4

Davidson County: 119,534 cases, up 226; 1,128 deaths, up 1

Shelby County: 142,668 cases, up 60; 2,187 deaths, up 7

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