The Hamilton County Health Department on Wednesday reported 673 new positive COVID-19 cases. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 77,963.
There have been three more deaths from the virus in Hamilton County, for a total of 919. It is reported the deaths were all men; two white and one black; one age 51-60, one age 61-70, and one age 81 or older.
The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 235 in Hamilton County, up from 219 on Tuesday. Eight more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 133 Hamilton County inpatients and 51 patients are in ICU, up from 45 on Tuesday.
The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 70,057, which is 90 percent. There are 6,987 active cases, compared to 7,077 on Tuesday.
The Tennessee Department of Health, which is now reporting updated COVID totals once a week, said there have been 1,540,515 total COVID cases in the state, with an average of 13,503 cases per day last week.
There have been 21,095 coronavirus deaths in Tennessee, with an average of 31 per day last week.
The state currently has 2,415 people hospitalized from the virus, with an average of 101 per day last week.
The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 11.462 million.
There have been 1,366,731 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 89 percent.
Here are the numbers by county, last updated Jan. 4:
Bledsoe County: 3,746 cases, up 59; 40 deaths, up 1
Bradley County: 25,292 cases, up 1,045; 323 deaths, up 2
Grundy County: 3,142 cases, up 75; 64 deaths
Marion County: 6,487 cases, up 219; 110 deaths
McMinn County: 11,726 cases, up 381; 198 deaths
Meigs County: 2,492 cases, up 82; 47 deaths, up 1
Polk County: 3,523 cases, up 91; 50 deaths
Rhea County: 7,648 cases, up 164; 131 deaths, up 1
Sequatchie County: 3,359 cases, up 101; 60 deaths
Knox County: 92,864 cases, up 4,883; 1,079 deaths, up 3
Davidson County: 153,055 cases, up 9,897; 1,393 deaths, up 7
Shelby County: 192,753 cases, up 14,627; 2,731 deaths, up 16