NEWS FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS: Coronavirus in Tennessee: 29 active Knox County cases, 199 total. “The Knox County Health Department reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total case number to 199. There are now 29 active cases in the county as of April 22, up from 27 on Tuesday. The total number of cases grew to 199 from 196. The total number of recovered cases rose to 166. . . . Of the 199 cases, 28 of them have resulted in hospitalization at any point during the illness.”

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