Hamilton County Has 5 New COVID Deaths, 77 New Cases; Tennessee Has 2,387 New Cases, 6 More COVID Deaths

  • Sunday, February 7, 2021

Hamilton County reported 77 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday.

The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 38,822.

There were five more deaths from the virus in the county reported since Saturday, bringing the total to 410.  

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 744,600 on Sunday with 2,387 new cases. There have been six more deaths from the virus, for a total of 10,469, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 1,314 people hospitalized from the virus, 54 fewer than Saturday.

Testing numbers are above 6.475 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 705,492, 95 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,882 cases, up 3; 11 deaths

Bradley County:  11,954 cases, up 48; 128 deaths

Grundy County: 1,531 cases, up 15; 26 deaths

Marion County: 2,474 cases, up 10; 38 deaths

Meigs County: 1,245 cases, up 6; 19 deaths

Polk County: 1,617 cases, up 5; 21 deaths

Rhea County: 4,069 cases, up 12; 65 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,505 cases, up 4; 24 deaths

Knox County: 42,711 cases, up 252; 523 deaths, up 1

Davidson County: 76,465 cases, up 230; 790 deaths, up 2

Shelby County: 82,845 cases, up 268; 1,357 deaths, up 1

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