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Posted by: Kate Prince on May 12, 2020

The Tennessee Department of Correction said Monday that more than 1,800 inmates currently have COVID-19, the Tennessean reports. The official total of infected inmates is 1,849 and 618 have recovered. 1,285 inmates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville are positive for the virus which, according to national data from the New York Times, ranks it as the third largest outbreak in the country. Bledsoe County Correctional Complex in Pikeville was also ranked in the top five of worst outbreaks, but as of Monday, only five of those inmates are currently sick and 580 have recovered. Both Trousdale Turner and Bledsoe County have had one inmate die after testing positive for the disease.