NASHVILLE – After a successful virtual 5K race for World Bee Day, Tennessee State Parks will host two virtual races for Independence Day weekend, running July 3-6.  The parks will host the Red, White and Raptors virtual 5K or 1 Miler that weekend. It will also host the Virtual Firecracker Glow Run on those dates. […]

DISTRICT 29 HAMILTON COUNTY I-24 Replacement of Belvoir Ave. Bridge over I-24 and I-24 bridges over Germantown Road near MM 183: Lane shifts are in place on I-24 EB and WB under the Belvoir Avenue Bridge, at North and South Terrace approaching the Belvoir Avenue Bridge, and on Germantown Road under the I-24 Bridge. Single […]

Kroger Health is pleased to partner with the Hamilton County Health Department to facilitate a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing opportunity. The three-day event will take place Wednesday, June 10 thru Friday, June 12 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the parking lot of Northgate Mall (271 Northgate Mall Drive, Chattanooga, TN).  People seeking a […]

The Hamilton County Health Department reports 106 new cases of COVID-19 today for a cumulative total of 1,381. While the majority of people are compliant with the Health Department’s isolation and quarantine instructions, there are an increasing number of people who are not staying home and not being cooperative. This behavior puts the general public […]

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office was notified earlier this morning one of our Corrections Division employees has tested positive for COVID-19. Per Hamilton County Jail guidelines, the employee is at home under isolation order from the Hamilton County Health Department. Jail personnel are currently working with Health Department personnel to currently track all inmates and […]

As part of the I-75/I-24 design-build interchange modification project in Hamilton County, TDOT contract crews will establish a new traffic pattern on I-75 North that will affect traffic coming up from Georgia and traffic merging from the Tennessee Welcome Center and Exit 1 (East Ridge).The work to set up the new traffic pattern will occur […]

DISTRICT 29 HAMILTON COUNTY I-24 Replacement of Belvoir Ave. bridge over I-24 and I-24 bridges over Germantown Road near MM 183: Lane shifts are in place on I-24 EB and WB under the Belvoir Avenue Bridge, at North and South Terrace approaching the Belvoir Avenue Bridge, and on Germantown Road under the I-24 Bridge. Single interior […]

Contact tracing is the process of determining who has been exposed to an infected person. It is one of the primary tools of local health departments around the United States used to stop the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. “Contact tracing is a tool that is old as public health itself,” said Health Department […]

The following information was relayed by the Hamilton County Health Department. There is free testing every weekend in June without an appointment needed at the following sites.: Saturday, June 6 (10AM-1PM) & Sunday, June 7 (12PM-3PM)  Mt. Canaan Baptist Church 4801 Hwy. 58 Chattanooga, TN 37416  Saturday, June 13 (10AM-1PM) & Sunday, June 14 (12PM-3PM)  […]

During the week of May 22-28, 4,180 COVID-19 tests were performed in Hamilton County, revealing 422 positive cases, or a 10.1 percent positivity rate for that week alone. The Hamilton County Laboratory at Baylor School performed 1,871 of these labs with 270 positives for a 14.4 percent positivity rate. The daily positive cases reported from […]