UPDATE MAY 15: A fourth Tennessee prison inmate has died after contracting the coronavirus, the Associated Press reports.
According to the Tennessee Department of Correction, the 71-year-old man was hospitalized April 29 and died Thursday, May 14, around 11 p.m.
He is the third inmate to die after contracting the virus at the privately run Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.
One inmate who contracted the virus at the state-run Bledsoe County Correctional Complex has also died.
TDOC has said all the men had underlying medical conditions, and it is asking the medical examiner to determine the causes of death in each case.
PREVIOUS STORY: An inmate from the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville, TN, has died at a local hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction.
The 67-year-old man died on Monday at 1:20 a.m., according to a news release. The exact cause of death is pending the medical examiner's report.
The inmate was transported to the hospital on April 25 and was tested for COVID-19.
The department said Friday there had been 1,246 COVID-19 positive cases among staff and inmates at the state prison in Trousdale County.
Currently, six Tennessee prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19 are hospitalized. One of those patients is in critical condition.
Officials said 98 percent of those who tested positive are asymptomatic.
The Department of Correction announced on Friday that it would conduct another round of mass testing of all inmates and staff at TDOC prisons. CoreCivic, which operates four state prisons, will also conduct mass testing for staff and inmates at the facilities it operates.