Latest Information on COVID-19 Cases in Hamilton County

There are 37 Active COVID-19 Cases in East Ridge

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was last updated on April 20.

The Hamilton County Health Department reported 39 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the number of people who’ve tested positive for the virus since the beginning of the pandemic to 43,667.

Two new deaths were reported. The total number of people who have perished since the beginning of the pandemic now stands at 486.

The number of people hospitalized on Tuesday stood at 60 and 14 people were in the Intensive Care Unit.

The number of active cases across the county now stands at 699.

The health department’s “hot spot” map showed East Ridge with 2,579 cases, trailing East Brainerd (6,567), Hixson (4,772), Ooltewah (4,700), and Soddy-Daisy (2,972) in the total number since the beginning of the pandemic.

Click on the link below for statewide statistics:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/tennessee-coronavirus-cases.html

Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger announced in a press conference on Monday, March 29, that he would extend the mask mandate until the end of April.

Defying the mask mandate is a Class C Misdemeanor, punishable by a $50 fine or up to 30 days in jail.

Free face coverings will be available for pick-up at the health department’s E. 3rd Street offices. Tubs of face coverings are located at both circle entrances, officials said.

Click on the link below for complete health department case data as of April 20.

http://health.hamiltontn.org/AllServices/Coronavirus(COVID-19).aspx

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.