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D.C. Witness Staff
- April 22, 2020
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Eight more inmates housed in the Central Detention Facility of the DC Jail tested positive for the coronavirus on April 22.
According to a press release, all of the inmates are male. One inmate is 19 years old, three inmates are in their 20s, one inmate is 38 years old and two inmates are in their 40s.
Two inmates, who previously tested positive for the coronavirus, were transported to the hospital for observation.
As of April 22, 46 inmates have tested positive and are in isolation. Fifty-seven inmates have recovered from their illnesses and returned to the general population.
In order for an inmate to return to the general population, that inmate has to be free from fever for at least 72 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications, according to the release.
The inmate must also show improvements in other symptoms, such as coughing and shortness of breath. For inmates to go back into general population at least a week needs to pass since the first symptoms appeared, the release says.
On April 13, the DC Department of Corrections (DC DOC) announced that one inmate died from the coronavirus.
According to the District’s site on the coronavirus, 27 personnel members at the DC DOC have tested positive forCOVID-19. Nineteen of those members are not at work and seven members have recovered from their symptoms and returned. One personnel member died from the coronavirus.