Tennessee’s positive COVID-19 cases soared by 10,193 in just one day, bringing the states’s total to 1,398,794 on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, according to the Tennessee Department of Health. Deaths statewide went up by 38, bringing the toll to 20,776 on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. In Cumberland County, positive cases grew by 36 for a total of 11,998. Active cases increased by 22 for a total of 164 on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Deaths in Cumberland County remained the same at 275. Nearly 40 kids are hospitalized due to COVID so far in Tennessee.