Hamilton County Has 63 In ICU, 213 Hospitalized From COVID, But No New Deaths; State Has 32 More Deaths

  • Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Hamilton County had 221 new coronavirus cases reported on Tuesday, bringing the total to 50,731.

There have been no more deaths from the virus, and the total is at 533 in the county. 

There are 213 patients hospitalized and 63 are in intensive care units. This is the third highest number of COVID patients in ICU since the pandemic began. Nine more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 98 Hamilton County inpatients.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 47,601, which is 94 percent. There are 2,597 active cases. 

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 958,169 Tuesday with 3,559 new cases. There were 32 more deaths reported, for a total of 13,018, State Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 2,341 people hospitalized from the virus, which is 97 more than on Monday. Testing numbers are above 8.728 million across the state.

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 895,713, which is 93 percent.

Here are the numbers by county: 

Bledsoe County:  2,460 cases, up 6; 13 deaths

Bradley County:  16,648 cases, up 70; 158 deaths

Grundy County: 1,976 cases, up 4; 35 deaths

Marion County: 3,661 cases, up 25; 51 deaths

Meigs County: 1,563 cases, up 13; 24 deaths

Polk County: 2,330 cases, up 24; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 4,842 cases, up 38; 83 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,964 cases, up 5; 30 deaths

Knox County: 56,503 cases, up 201; 675 deaths, up 2

Davidson County: 98,095 cases, up 214; 984 deaths

Shelby County: 114,380 cases, up 375; 1,790 deaths, up 7

 

 

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