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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 13, 2020

Mass testing of 1,145 state employees and contractors working at two correctional facilities revealed that 19 have the coronavirus though none of them exhibited symptoms, WPLN reports. The testing of workers at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville and the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex in Pikeville took place after positive cases were found in those facilities. Inmates are being tested only if they show symptoms or have had contact with someone who tested positive. The Tennessee Department of Health also says it is conducting contact tracing in both facilities. On Friday, the Tennessee Department of Correction confirmed that a second inmate at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in Hickman County also tested positive for the virus.