Hamilton County Has No New COVID Deaths, 95 New Cases; Tennessee Has 79 More Deaths

  • Wednesday, October 20, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported no more coronavirus deaths on Wednesday and 95 new positive cases, down from 96 on Tuesday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 63,549. The death total is at 643.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 115 in Hamilton County - up from 113 on Tuesday. Five more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 34 Hamilton County inpatients and 24 patients are in ICU - down from 26 on Tuesday. This is the lowest number of ICU patients since Aug. 4.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 61,755, which is 97 percent. There are 1,151 active cases, down from 1,173 on Tuesday.

Tennessee reported 1,926 new cases on Wednesday, for a total of 1,269,289 coronavirus cases. 

There were 79 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Wednesday, for a total of 16,052.

The state currently has 1,389 people hospitalized from the virus, 12 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 10.195 million.

There have been 1,234,009 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  3,477 cases, up 4; 17 deaths

Bradley County:  21,975 cases, up 32; 190 deaths, up 1

Grundy County: 2,800 cases, up 10; 37 deaths

Marion County: 5,728 cases, up 16; 53 deaths, up 1

McMinn County: 10,443 cases, up 40; 128 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 2,163 cases, up 5; 28 deaths

Polk County: 3,169 cases, up 5; 29 deaths

Rhea County: 6,928 cases, up 7; 92 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,964 cases, up 6; 32 deaths

Knox County: 77,902 cases, up 130; 908 deaths, up 4

Davidson County: 120,351 cases, up 94; 1,144 deaths, up 3

Shelby County: 143,490 cases, up 114; 2,220 deaths, up 9

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