Hamilton County Has Record COVID Hospitalizations And ICU Patients, 5 More Deaths, 353 New Cases; Teen Is One Of Victims; State Has 33 More Deaths

  • Monday, September 13, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported five more deaths from the coronavirus and 353 new positive cases on Monday. The case number is up from 346 on Friday. The total cases in the county now stands at 58,652. 

The death total is at 583 in the county. The new deaths are reported to be two men and three women; all white; one age 11-20, two age 61-70, one age 71-80, and one age 81 or older.  

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 372 in Hamilton County - up from 357 on Friday.

Five more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 128 Hamilton County inpatients and 99 patients are in ICU, up from 84 on Friday. This is the highest number of hospitalizations and ICU patients of COVID to date. 

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 54,592, which is 93 percent. There are 3,477 active cases, up from 3,461 on Friday.

Tennessee reported 3,912 new cases on Monday for a total of 1,154,966 coronavirus cases. 

There were 33 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Monday, for a total of 14,010.

The state currently has 3,668 people hospitalized from the virus - an decrease of 51.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 9.534 million. 

There have been 1,054,043 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 91 percent.

Here are the numbers by county, last updated Friday: 

Bledsoe County:  3,146 cases, up 96; 13 deaths

Bradley County:  20,203 cases, up 489; 165 deaths, up 1

Grundy County: 2,397 cases, up 53; 36 deaths

Marion County: 5,165 cases, up 149; 51 deaths

Meigs County: 1,936 cases, up 48; 24 deaths

Polk County: 2,847 cases, up 88; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 6,181 cases, up 201; 88 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 2,662 cases, up 115; 30 deaths

Knox County: 69,083 cases, up 2,285; 739 deaths, up 5

Davidson County: 111,232 cases, up 2,137; 1,037 deaths, up 8

Shelby County: 133,884 cases, up 2,749; 1,938 deaths, up 1

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