The Tennessee Department of Health has now reported a total of 936,614 cases of COVID-19 across the state, up 5,507 cases on Thursday from 25,828 new test results — a 16.5 percent positivity rate.
Of the total number of cases, 12,912 people have died — with 20 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
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