Hamilton County Has 2 More Coronavirus Deaths And 158 New Cases; Tennessee Has 81 More Deaths

  • Tuesday, October 5, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported two more coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and 158 new positive cases, up from 100 the day before. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 62,152. The death total is at 629.

It is reported the deaths were one man and one woman; one black and one white; both age 51-60. 

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 166 in Hamilton County - down from 167 on Monday. Eight more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 52 Hamilton County inpatients and 47 patients are in ICU - up from 41 on Monday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 59,990, which is 97 percent. There are 1,533 active cases, down from 1,571 on Monday.

Tennessee reported 3,181 new cases on Tuesday, up from 1,081 on Monday, for a total of 1,241,204 coronavirus cases. 

There were 81 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Tuesday, for a total of 15,404.

The state currently has 2,189 people hospitalized from the virus, 19 more than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 9.985 million. 

There have been 1,189,702 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 96 percent.

Here are the numbers by county: 

Bledsoe County:  3,386 cases, up 3; 14 deaths

Bradley County:  21,558 cases, up 29; 172 deaths

Grundy County: 2,709 cases, up 8; 37 deaths

Marion County: 5,588 cases, up 12; 52 deaths

McMinn County: 10,168 cases, up 15; 120 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 2,111 cases, up 2; 27 deaths

Polk County: 3,075 cases, up 11; 27 deaths

Rhea County: 6,767 cases, up 19; 89 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,875 cases, up 4; 30 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 75,613 cases, up 158; 862 deaths, up 3

Davidson County: 117,957 cases, up 135; 1,115 deaths, up 4

Shelby County: 141,190 cases, up 104; 2,142 deaths, up 17

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