Hamilton County Has 2 More Coronavirus Deaths, 52 New Cases; Tennessee Has 15 New Deaths

  • Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Hamilton County had 52 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 43,719. There have been two more deaths from the virus, and the total climbs to 488 in the county. The deaths are reported to be one man and one female, both white, aged 71-80. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 42,535, which is 97 percent, and there are 696 active cases.

There are 60 patients hospitalized and 15 in Intensive Care Units. Five others are in the hospital with suspected COVID. Of those hospitalized, 25 are county residents. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 837,833 on Wednesday with 1,270 new cases. There have been 15 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 12,111, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 917 people hospitalized from the virus, which is 43 more than on Tuesday.

Testing numbers are above 7.526 million across the state.

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 812,546, which is 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  2,101 cases, up 2; 11 deaths

Bradley County:  14,670 cases, up 37; 148 deaths

Grundy County: 1,784 cases, up 2; 33 deaths

Marion County: 3,108 cases, up 3; 46 deaths

Meigs County: 1,351 cases, up 4; 24 deaths

Polk County: 2,003 cases, up 3; 24 deaths

Rhea County: 4,315 cases, up 1; 75 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,670 cases, up 1; 28 deaths

Knox County: 49,926 cases, up 53; 625 deaths, up 1

Davidson County: 88,250 cases, up 129; 926 deaths, up 2

Shelby County: 93,342 cases, up 156; 1,591 deaths

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