Hamilton County Has 492 New COVID Cases, 2 More Deaths; Tennessee To Only Give COVID Data Weekly; Georgia COVID Reporting System Overwhelmed

  • Monday, January 3, 2022

The Hamilton County Health Department reported 492 new positive COVID-19 cases on Monday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 72,027.

The Hamilton County Health Department reported two more coronavirus deaths on Monday. The death total is 782. It is reported the deaths were both white females, one age 41-50 and the other was age 71-80.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 150 in Hamilton County. Eight more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are 79 Hamilton County inpatients and 34 patients are in ICU.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 66,932, which is 93 percent. There are 4,313 active cases. 

Tennessee health officials said they will begin reporting the state's COVID numbers weekly, rather than daily. 

Georgia reported on Monday the daily status report will not update today due to a large amount of data overwhelming the system.  Georgia officials are working to fix the problem and expect to have an update on Tuesday, it was stated.

Tennessee reported 7,474 new cases on Monday, for a total of 1,453,766 coronavirus cases. 

There were 21 more deaths in Tennessee reported on Monday, for a total of 20,902.

The state currently has 1,803 people hospitalized from the virus, 120 more than the day before.

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 11.290 million.

There have been 1,330,265 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 94 percent.

Here are the numbers by county, last updated Thursday:

Bledsoe County:  3,678 cases, up 21; 39 deaths, up 1

Bradley County:  24,082 cases, up 381; 320 deaths

Grundy County: 3,063 cases, up 30; 64 deaths

Marion County: 6,244 cases, up 112; 110 deaths

McMinn County: 11,299 cases, up 116; 197 deaths, up 1

Meigs County: 2,399 cases, up 34; 46 deaths

Polk County: 3,420 cases, up 34; 50 deaths

Rhea County: 7,473 cases, up 63; 130 deaths

Sequatchie County: 3,250 cases, up 44; 60 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 87,277 cases, up 1,723; 1,070 deaths, up 5

Davidson County: 142,248 cases, up 6,307; 1,384 deaths

Shelby County: 176,310 cases, up 10,553; 2,710 deaths, up 2

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