Hamilton County Has 1 More COVID Death, 66 New Cases; Tennessee Has 28 More Deaths, 837 New Cases

  • Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Hamilton County had 66 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 42,519. There has been one more death from the virus, a black female between the ages of 71-80, for a total of 476 in the county. 

There are 67 patients hospitalized and 18 in Intensive Care Units. Three others are in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 27 are county residents. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 41,292, which is 97 percent, and there are 751 active cases.

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 810,529 on Tuesday with 837 new cases. There have been 28 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 11,894, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 816 people hospitalized from the virus, which is 8 fewer than on Monday.

Testing numbers are above 7.202 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 785,678, which is 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  2,068 cases; 11 deaths

Bradley County:  14,010 cases, up 38; 145 deaths, up 2

Grundy County: 1,742 cases; 30 deaths

Marion County: 3,049 cases, up 2; 46 deaths

Meigs County: 1,310 cases; 23 deaths

Polk County: 1,914 cases, up 7; 24 deaths

Rhea County: 4,246 cases; 75 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,628 cases, up 1; 29 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 48,308 cases, up 39; 613 deaths, up 5

Davidson County: 85,331 cases, up 97; 896 deaths, up 2

Shelby County: 90,345 cases, up 78; 1,559 deaths, up 2

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