Four more inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus, the DC Department of Corrections (DC DOC) reported April 11.
All four inmates are male. Two inmates are aged in their mid-to-late 30s, one is 40 years old and another one is 23.
According to a press release from the DC DOC, two of the four inmates were being housed in the Correctional Treatment Facility as a precaution after being in close proximity to another inmate who tested positive. The other two inmates were being housed in the Central Detention Facility.
According to the DC DOC, 42 inmates tested positive at the facilities. All of the inmates who tested positive are in isolation and being monitored by medical staff.
Nine inmates have recovered from the virus and were released back into the general population.
Fifteen members of DC DOC’s staff have tested positive for the virus as of April 11, according to the District’s site on the virus.
