Hamilton County Has No New COVID Deaths, 16 More Cases

  • Monday, March 21, 2022

The Hamilton County Health Department on Monday reported 16 new positive COVID-19 cases, up from four on Friday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 97,795.

There were no more deaths reported on Monday by the Health Department, for a total of 1,113. 

The Health Department is currently conducting data cleaning on a number of backlogged cases from the Omicron surge. This process will result in an increase in the total number of cases. However, the daily case counts will still reflect the actual number of new cases received by the Health Department on that day.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is 27 in Hamilton County, down from 28 on Friday. Two more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are five Hamilton County inpatients and three patients are in ICU, down from four on Friday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 96,585, which is 99 percent. There are 97 active cases, compared to 103 on Friday.

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