Hamilton County Has 3 More Coronavirus Deaths, 274 New Cases And 352 Hospitalized; Tennessee Has 87 More Deaths

  • Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported three more deaths from the coronavirus and 274 new positive cases on Wednesday. The case number is down from 384 on Tuesday. The total cases in the county now stands at 59,310.

The death total is at 589 in the county. The new deaths are reported to be two men and one woman; two white and one black; two age 41-50 and one age 51-60.  

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 352 in Hamilton County - up from 344 on Tuesday.

Six more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 119 Hamilton County inpatients and 90 patients are in ICU, down from 95 the day before.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 55,428, which is 93 percent. There are 3,293 active cases, down from 3,391 on Tuesday.

Tennessee reported 7,235 new cases on Wednesday, up from 5,089 on Tuesday, for a total of 1,167,290 coronavirus cases. 

There were 87 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Wednesday, for a total of 14,224.

The state currently has 3,589 people hospitalized from the virus - a decrease of 63 from the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 9.583 million. 

There have been 1,075,243 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 92 percent.

Here are the numbers by county: 

Bledsoe County:  3,179 cases, up 20; 13 deaths

Bradley County:  20,399 cases, up 124; 166 deaths, up 1

Grundy County: 2,426 cases, up 19; 36 deaths

Marion County: 5,227 cases, up 50; 52 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 1,950 cases, up 5; 24 deaths

Polk County: 2,879 cases, up 22; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 6,285 cases, up 43; 89 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,685 cases, up 21; 30 deaths

Knox County: 69,961 cases, up 501; 771 deaths, up 12

Davidson County: 112,106 cases, up 579; 1,048 deaths, up 5

Shelby County: 134,669 cases, up 470; 1,958 deaths, up 16

 

 

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