Hamilton County Has 2 More COVID Deaths And 172 New Cases; Tennessee Has 96 More Deaths

  • Wednesday, September 22, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported two more coronavirus deaths on Wednesday and 172 new positive cases, down from 183 the day before. The total cases in the county now stands at 60,576. The death total is at 610.

The deaths were reported to be one man and one woman, both white, both age 81 or older.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 272 in Hamilton County - down from 278 on Tuesday. Six more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 89 Hamilton County inpatients and 74 patients are in ICU, down from 83 reported Tuesday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 57,324, which is 95 percent. There are 2,642 active cases, down from 2,848 on Tuesday.

Tennessee reported 4,773 new cases on Wednesday for a total of 1,199,956 coronavirus cases. 

There were 96 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Wednesday, for a total of 14,677.

The state currently has 3,176 people hospitalized from the virus - 71 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 9.738 million. 

There have been 1,122,749 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 94 percent.

Here are the numbers by county, last updated Monday: 

Bledsoe County:  3,270 cases, up 21; 13 deaths

Bradley County:  20,991 cases, up 164; 169 deaths, up 3

Grundy County: 2,566 cases, up 25; 36 deaths

Marion County: 5,405 cases, up 50; 52 deaths

Meigs County: 2,052 cases, up 41; 25 deaths, up 1

Polk County: 2,967 cases, up 20; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 6,522 cases, up 46; 89 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,785 cases, up 14; 30 deaths

Knox County: 72,777 cases, up 780; 805 deaths, up 15

Davidson County: 114,511 cases, up 625; 1,077 deaths, up 16

Shelby County: 137,729 cases, up 711; 2,017 deaths, up 21

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