The Tennessee Department of Health has now reported a total of 997,479 cases of COVID-19 across the state, up 4,120 cases on Monday from 23,249 new test results — an 18.3 percent positivity rate.
Of the total number of cases, 13,204 people have died — with 25 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
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