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New York Times report: Chattanooga in top 5 nationally for new coronavirus cases, as deaths and cases continue to rise - Chattanooga Times Free Press
May 26, 2020 53 secs

With two new deaths and 186 new cases since Friday, Hamilton County's continued increase in positive coronavirus tests has placed it among the fastest growing caseloads in the nation.

The analysis, published before 23 new cases and one new death were reported late Tuesday afternoon by the Hamilton County Health Department, reflects a four-week-long uptick in cases locally.

Over Memorial Day weekend, Hamilton County reported 163 new cases in just three days' time, including an increase of more than 70 on Sunday, the single largest day-over-day jump in the county since the global pandemic began.

With a mean age of just 32, Barnes says the cases are also linked to essential workers who are exposed at work.

In the first new deaths from the virus in more than four weeks, Hamilton County reported two more fatalities at the beginning of this week, bringing the county's total death toll to 15.

Despite the additional cases and deaths, Hamilton County still has 52 adult intensive-care unit beds and 361 adult ventilators available, without counting surge capacity, which Barnes says is plenty to accommodate the current caseload.

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