The Tennessee Department of Health has now reported a total of 1,171,722 cases of COVID-19 across the state, up 4,432 cases on Thursday from 16,958 new test results — an 18.9 percent positivity rate.
Of the total number of cases, 14,289 people have died — with 65 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
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