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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 8, 2020

Fifty two inmates at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, the Tennessean reports. The outbreak was discovered after the Tennessee Department of Correction ordered another wave of mass testing across all state prisons. This round of testing was prompted by a mass outbreak at South Central Correctional facility last week, where 1,144 cases were ultimately reported as of Sept. 1. Data compiled by the New York Times shows that South Central’s outbreak is among the top 15 largest COVID-19 clusters in the country’s prisons. Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville is also on that list for an outbreak earlier this year that has since subsided.