Hamilton County Has 1 More Coronavirus Death And 174 New Cases; Tennessee Has 63 More Deaths

  • Thursday, September 23, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported one more coronavirus death on Thursday and 174 new positive cases, up from 172 the day before. The total cases in the county now stands at 60,750. The death total is at 611.

The death was reported to be a white male, age 81 or older.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 254 in Hamilton County - down from 272 on Wednesday. Six more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 78 Hamilton County inpatients and 76 patients are in ICU, up from 74 reported Wednesday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 57,640, which is 95 percent. There are 2,499 active cases, down from 2,642 on Wednesday.

Tennessee reported 3,974 new cases on Thursday for a total of 1,203,930 coronavirus cases. 

There were 63 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Thursday, for a total of 14,740.

The state currently has 3,094 people hospitalized from the virus, 81 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 9.759 million. 

There have been 1,130,771 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 94 percent.

Here are the numbers by county: 

Bledsoe County:  3,275 cases, up 5; 13 deaths

Bradley County:  21,057 cases, up 66; 169 deaths

Grundy County: 2,589 cases, up 23; 36 deaths

Marion County: 5,441 cases, up 36; 52 deaths

Meigs County: 2,059 cases, up 7; 25 deaths

Polk County: 2,974 cases, up 7; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 6,550 cases, up 28; 89 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,800 cases, up 15; 30 deaths

Knox County: 73,018 cases, up 241; 808 deaths, up 3

Davidson County: 114,864 cases, up 353; 1,078 deaths, up 1

Shelby County: 138,071 cases, up 342; 2,030 deaths, up 13

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