Hamilton County Reports 2 More Deaths From Virus, 143 New Cases; Tennessee Has 85 More Deaths

  • Friday, September 24, 2021

The Hamilton County Health Department reported two more coronavirus deaths on Friday and 143 new positive cases, down from 174 the day before. The total cases in the county now stands at 60,893. The death total is at 613.

The deaths was reported to be two women, one black and one white, one age 51-60 and the other was age 61-70. 

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 239 in Hamilton County - down from 254 on Thursday. Eight more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 69 Hamilton County inpatients and 69 patients are in ICU, down from 76 reported Thursday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 57,934, which is 95 percent. There are 2,319 active cases, down from 2,499 on Thursday.

Tennessee reported 5,638 new cases on Friday for a total of 1,209,568 coronavirus cases. 

There were 85 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Friday, for a total of 14,825.

The state currently has 2,947 people hospitalized from the virus, 142 fewer than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 9.789 million. 

There have been 1,138,270 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 94 percent.

Here are the numbers by county: 

Bledsoe County:  3,281 cases, up 6; 13 deaths

Bradley County:  21,135 cases, up 78; 169 deaths

Grundy County: 2,609 cases, up 20; 36 deaths

Marion County: 5,461 cases, up 20; 52 deaths

Meigs County: 2,064 cases, up 5; 25 deaths

Polk County: 2,984 cases, up 10; 25 deaths

Rhea County: 6,578 cases, up 28; 89 deaths

Sequatchie County: 2,810 cases, up 10; 30 deaths

Knox County: 73,389 cases, up 371; 822 deaths, up 14

Davidson County: 115,281 cases, up 417; 1,073 deaths, up 5

Shelby County: 138,544 cases, up 473; 2,045 deaths, up 15

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