1 More COVID Death In Hamilton County And 69 New Cases; Tennessee Has 49 More Deaths

  • Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported one more coronavirus death on Wednesday and 69 new positive cases, up from 55 on Tuesday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 64,865. The death total is at 665.

It is reported the death was a white female, age 51-60.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 67 in Hamilton County - up from 60 on Tuesday. Five more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 22 Hamilton County inpatients and 22 patients are in ICU - up from 18 on Tuesday.  

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 63,571, which is 98 percent. There are 629 active cases, up from 596 on Tuesday.

Tennessee reported 1,685 new cases on Wednesday, for a total of 1,300,452 coronavirus cases. 

There were 49 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Wednesday, for a total of 16,789.

The state currently has 676 people hospitalized from the virus, five more than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 10.551 million.

There have been 1,271,057 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 98 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  3,524 cases, up 4; 18 deaths

Bradley County:  22,439 cases, down 11; 212 deaths, up 6

Grundy County: 2,915 cases, up 6; 40 deaths

Marion County: 5,855 cases, up 9; 57 deaths, up 1

McMinn County: 10,655 cases, up 8; 137 deaths

Meigs County: 2,213 cases, up 1; 30 deaths

Polk County: 3,226 cases, up 2; 31 deaths

Rhea County: 7,051 cases, up 5; 97 deaths, up 3

Sequatchie County: 3,038 cases, up 1; 33 deaths

Knox County: 79,912 cases, up 74; 943 deaths

Davidson County: 123,001 cases, up 141; 1,186 deaths, up 1

Shelby County: 146,298 cases, up 133; 2,307 deaths, up 2

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