Hamilton County Reports 1 More COVID Death And 10 More Cases

  • Thursday, March 24, 2022

The Hamilton County Health Department on Thursday reported 10 new positive COVID-19 cases, up from five on Wednesday. The total number of cases in the county now stands at 98,098.

There was one more death reported on Thursday by the Health Department, for a total of 1,114. 

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, no change from Wednesday. Two more are hospitalized with suspected COVID. There are seven Hamilton County inpatients and five patients are in ICU, up from four on Wednesday.

The number of those who have recovered from coronavirus in Hamilton County is 96,906, which is 99 percent. There are 78 active cases, compared to 79 on Wednesday.

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