Tennessee Averages 77 COVID Deaths And 469 Cases Per Day From March 6-12

  • Wednesday, March 16, 2022

The Tennessee Department of Health, which is now reporting updated COVID totals once a week, on Wednesday said there have been 2,016,232 total COVID cases in the state, with an average of 469 cases per day from March 6-12, down from 973 cases per day the previous week.

There have been 25,249 coronavirus deaths in Tennessee, with an average of 77 per day from March 6-12, up from 33 per day the previous week.

The state currently has 587 people hospitalized from the virus, with a decrease of 42 per day from March 6-12. 

The number of coronavirus tests that have been administered in the state is 12.647 million.

There have been 1,985,885 Tennesseans that have recovered from the virus, which is 98 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  4,651 cases, up 6; 54 deaths, up 1

Bradley County:  33,047 cases, up 16; 399 deaths, up 12

Grundy County: 3,979 cases, up 5; 70 deaths, up 1

Marion County: 8,821 cases, up 11; 127 deaths, up 3

McMinn County: 16,646 cases, up 16; 250 deaths, up 10

Meigs County: 3,349 cases, up 2; 55 deaths, up 1

Polk County: 4,715 cases, up 4; 68 deaths, up 3

Rhea County: 9,941 cases, up 5; 153 deaths, up 5

Sequatchie County: 4,200 cases, up 6; 66 deaths

Knox County: 126,979 cases, up 197; 1,318 deaths, up 20

Davidson County: 190,407 cases, up 469; 1,623 deaths, up 22

Shelby County: 234,862 cases, up 224; 3,219 deaths, up 41

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