Wednesday’s COVID-19 cases in our area

We are adding up all the cases in the Tennessee Valley and neighboring counties.  There are some discrepancies between state numbers and local numbers.

TENNESSEE VALLEY

122 cases in coverage area, up 16

73 in surrounding counties, up 19

9 deaths in the region, up 1

biggest increases today in Bradley, Whitfield and Marion counties

TENNESSEE

14th in country

2,683 cases, 200 hospitalizations, 24 deaths

Counties in our area

52 Hamilton (Chattanooga), 4 deaths – 2 new cases, 1 new death

14 Bradley (Cleveland) – 4 new cases

14 Cumberland (Crossville) – 3 new cases

8  Marion (Jasper), 1 death – 3 new cases

7  Franklin (Winchester) – 2 new cases

6  Grundy (Altamont) – 2 new cases

5  Monroe (Sweetwater)

3  McMinn (Athens)

2  Blesdoe (Pikeville)

1  Rhea (Dayton) – County executive George Thacker says the state tells him that the Rhea County case is a mistake, they will take it off on Thursday. He says they still have NO cases.

1  Meigs (Decatur)

1  Sequatchie (Dunlap)

1  Coffee (Manchester)

1  Warren (McMinnville)

GEORGIA

11TH in the country

4748 cases, 1013 hospitalizations, 154 deaths

State health officials today said Albany, GA has one of the worst infection rates in the world right now (490 cases, 29 deaths)

Counties in our area

18 Gordon (Calhoun), 1 death – 2 new cases

14  Whitfield (Dalton), 1 death – 4 new cases

6  Fannin (Blue Ridge) – 2 new cases

5  Murray (Chatsworth)

4  Catoosa (Ringgold)

3  Chattooga (Summerville)

2  Walker (LaFayette) – 1 new case

1  Dade (Trenton)

1  Gilmer (Ellijay)

ALABAMA

27TH in the country, 3rd least in the south

1106 cases, 28 deaths

Counties in our area

8  Jackson (Scottsboro), 1 death

6  DeKalb (Fort Payne) – 2 new cases

2  Cherokee (Centre)

NORTH CAROLINA

1584 cases, 204 hospitalized, 10 deaths

20th in the country

8  Cherokee (Murphy) 1 death

1  Clay (Hayesville)