Gov. Bill Lee’s Unified Command Group announced Friday a mass COVID-19 testing initiative will begin next week for all Tennessee Department of Correction staff and the inmates after testing at Trousdale Turner found more than 1,200 positive cases.
Mississippi has 397 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 20 more deaths resulting from the disease, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.
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