Hamilton County Has 1 More COVID Death And 107 New Cases; Tennessee Has 51 More Deaths

  • Friday, October 8, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported one more coronavirus death on Friday and 107 new positive cases, down from 117 the day before. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 62,500. The death total is at 631. 

It is reported the death was a white female, age 61-70.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 157 in Hamilton County - down from 164 on Thursday. Seven more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 51 Hamilton County inpatients and 46 patients are in ICU - no change from Thursday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 60,427, which is 97 percent. There are 1,442 active cases, down from 1,460 on Thursday.

Tennessee reported 2,518 new cases on Friday, for a total of 1,249,333 coronavirus cases. 

There were 51 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Thursday, for a total of 15,558.

The state currently has 2,021 people hospitalized from the virus, 64 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 10.044 million. 

There have been 1,202,029 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 96 percent.

Here are the numbers by county: 

Bledsoe County:  3,405 cases, up 11; 15 deaths, up 1

Bradley County:  21,673 cases, up 43; 174 deaths

Grundy County: 2,745 cases, up 15; 37 deaths

Marion County: 5,635 cases, up 22; 52 deaths

McMinn County: 10,245 cases, up 33; 122 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 2,125 cases, up 4; 27 deaths

Polk County: 3,105 cases, up 14; 27 deaths, down 1

Rhea County: 6,821 cases, up 22; 91 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 2,900 cases, up 13; 31 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 76,338 cases, up 382; 872 deaths, up 6

Davidson County: 118,736 cases, up 389; 1,120 deaths

Shelby County: 141,997 cases, up 341; 2,172 deaths, up 13

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