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D.C. Witness Staff
- April 24, 2020
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Six more inmates housed in the Central Detention Facility of the DC Jail tested positive for the coronavirus on April 23.
According to a press release, all of the inmates are male. Four inmates are in their 20s, one inmate is 35 and another inmate is 41 years old.
As of April 23, 47 inmates have tested positive and are in isolation. Sixty-two 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, 29 personnel members at the DC DOC have tested positive for COVID-19. Twenty-one of those members are not at work and seven members have recovered from their symptoms and returned, as of April 23. One personnel member died from the coronavirus.