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Tennessee Surpasses 1 Million Tested For The Coronavirus

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Courtesy Tennessee Department of Health
The Tennessee Department of Health is still overseeing much of the COVID-19 testing statewide.
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Tennessee, a state that has been ahead of most in its testing since the start of the pandemic, reached a milestone over the weekend: more than 1 million people tested for the coronavirus since March.

The state’s number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. While increased testing is one reason that more cases are being confirmed, numbers show the percentage of people testing positive has risen — from an average 6% positivity rate to 8% in the last two weeks. Tennessee has been logging roughly 19,000 tests per day lately.

In Nashville, the rate of positivity is even higher, reaching 12% on Monday. That’s the highest it’s been in all 18 weeks of testing.

Rachel Iacovone, Director of Multiplatform Publishing

Rachel Iacovone (YAH-kuh-VOAN-ee) is WPLN's Director of Multiplatform Publishing, which is a long way of saying she leads all the ways the news reaches you (this website, social media, This Is Nashville and more). She began her public radio career covering politics in Florida during the 2016 presidential race. In 2019, Rachel came to Nashville as a local Morning Edition, and later All Things Considered, host before her passion for data deep dives, visualizations, photography and social media storytelling pulled her off air and put her online fully.

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