Thursday Covid-19 cases in our area

Just time for a quick county today on the total number of Covid Cases:

— 155 cases in our coverage areas (up 33)

— 10 deaths in region (1 new one in Hamilton)

— Polk County gets their first case

— Rhea County gets their only case removed from state list (Mayor Thacker says it was a clerical error), so they are now the only local county without a positive test.

— biggest gains in Marion & Bradley with 4 new cases a piece.  Bradley now has the second most cases in our are at 18.

Victims now include an employee in the Grundy County courthouse (staff is isolating) & the Mayor of McCaysville, Georgia.

Cherokee NC

Tennessee

Bledsoe 2

Bradley 18

Grundy 8

Marion 13, 1

McMinn 3

Meigs 2

Polk 1

Sequatchie 2

Hamilton 63, 5