Hamilton County Has 3 More COVID Deaths, 286 New Cases; Tennessee Has 52 More Deaths

  • Friday, September 17, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported three more deaths from the coronavirus and 286 new positive cases on Friday. The case number is up from 245 on Thursday. The total cases in the county now stands at 59,841. The death total is at 597.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 319 in Hamilton County - down from 344 on Thursday. Nine more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 97 Hamilton County inpatients and 82 patients are in ICU, down from 91 the day before.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 56,147, which is 94 percent.

There are 3,097 active cases, down from 3,153 on Thursday.

Tennessee reported 6,446 new cases on Friday, up from 4,432 on Thursday, for a total of 1,178,168 coronavirus cases. 

There were 52 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Friday, for a total of 14,341.

The state currently has 3,538 people hospitalized from the virus - 59 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 9.629 million. 

There have been 1,092,496 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 93 percent.

Here are the numbers by county: 

Bledsoe County:  3,227 cases, up 21; 13 deaths

Bradley County:  20,599 cases, up 81; 166 deaths

Grundy County: 2,497 cases, up 17; 36 deaths

Marion County: 5,300 cases, up 29; 52 deaths

Meigs County: 1,983 cases, up 23; 24 deaths

Polk County: 2,912 cases, up 17; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 6,358 cases, up 42; 89 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,740 cases, up 20; 30 deaths

Knox County: 71,050 cases, up 742; 784 deaths, up 7

Davidson County: 112,940 cases, up 411; 1,057 deaths, up 4

Shelby County: 135,902 cases, up 918; 1,967 deaths

 

 

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