Tennessee Averages 65 COVID Deaths Per Day From Jan. 30-Feb. 5 And Has 1,938,323 Total Cases

  • Wednesday, February 9, 2022

The Tennessee Department of Health, which is now reporting updated COVID totals once a week, on Wednesday said there have been 1,938,323 total COVID cases in the state, with an average of 10,264 cases per day from Jan. 30-Feb. 5. 

There have been 23,029 coronavirus deaths in Tennessee, with an average of 65 per day from Jan. 30-Feb. 5. 

The state currently has 2,927 people hospitalized from the virus, with a decrease of 51 per day from Jan. 30-Feb. 5. 

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 12.251 million.

There have been 1,785,390 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 92 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  4,500 cases, up 174; 43 deaths

Bradley County:  32,167 cases, up 875; 363 deaths, up 6

Grundy County: 3,840 cases, up 174; 67 deaths

Marion County: 8,455 cases, up 505; 118 deaths, up 2

McMinn County: 16,114 cases, up 913; 218 deaths, up 5

Meigs County: 3,244 cases, up 127; 52 deaths, up 4

Polk County: 4,481 cases, up 155; 53 deaths, up 1

Rhea County: 9,654 cases, up 417; 139 deaths, up 1

Sequatchie County: 4,046 cases, up 273; 63 deaths, up 1

Knox County: 121,536 cases, up 5,341; 1,194 deaths, up 28

Davidson County: 184,371 cases, up 4,407; 1,516 deaths, up 31

Shelby County: 229,147 cases, up 4,073; 2,984 deaths, up 49

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