Hamilton County Has 1 More COVID Death And 84 New Cases; Tennessee Has 82 More Deaths

  • Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported one more coronavirus death on Wednesday and 84 new positive cases, down from 144 on Tuesday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 66,907. The death total is now at 727.

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

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 61 in Hamilton County - down from 73 on Tuesday. Four more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 27 Hamilton County inpatients and 16 patients are in ICU, down from 19 on Tuesday. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 65,026, which is 97 percent. There are 1,154 active cases, down from 1,168 on Tuesday.

Tennessee reported 2,192 new cases on Wednesday, for a total of 1,343,894 coronavirus cases. 

There were 82 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Wednesday, for a total of 17,900.

The state currently has 1,065 people hospitalized from the virus, six more than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 10.936 million.

There have been 1,305,528 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county, last updated Monday:

Bledsoe County:  3,596 cases, up 8; 26 deaths

Bradley County:  23,031 cases, up 65; 248 deaths, up 6

Grundy County: 2,967 cases, up 7; 45 deaths, up 1

Marion County: 5,969 cases, up 13; 77 deaths, up 2

McMinn County: 10,945 cases, up 34; 150 deaths, up 3

Meigs County: 2,288 cases, up 14; 33 deaths

Polk County: 3,312 cases, up 7; 36 deaths, up 2

Rhea County: 7,269 cases, up 16; 101 deaths

Sequatchie County: 3,109 cases, up 15; 41 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 82,609 cases, up 216; 990 deaths, up 7

Davidson County: 126,464 cases, up 432; 1,235 deaths, up 5

Shelby County: 150,408 cases, up 410; 2,424 deaths, up 12

 

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