Hamilton County Has No More Coronavirus Deaths, 27 New Cases; Tennessee Has 6 More Deaths

  • Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Hamilton County had 27 new coronavirus cases reported Wednesday, bringing the total to 45,071. There have been no more deaths from the virus, as the total remains at 499 in the county. 

There are 34 patients hospitalized and 13 in Intensive Care Units. Two more are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 44,221, which is 98 percent, and there are 351 active cases.

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 861,706 on Wednesday with 393 new cases. There have been six more deaths from the virus, for a total of 12,406 State Health Department officials said

The state currently has 527 people hospitalized from the virus, which is 10 fewer than on Monday. 
Testing numbers are above 7.938 million across the state.

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 843,957, which is 98 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  2,178 cases; 11 deaths

Bradley County:  15,187 cases, up 5; 152 deaths

Grundy County: 1,793 cases; 35 deaths

Marion County: 3,148 cases, up 2; 47 deaths

Meigs County: 1,400 cases, down 1; 25 deaths

Polk County: 2,104 cases, up 1; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 4,374 cases; 75 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,736 cases; 29 deaths

Knox County: 51,564 cases, up 99; 639 deaths

Davidson County: 90,066 cases, up 27; 948 deaths

Shelby County: 97,429 cases, up 75; 1,661 deaths, up 3

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