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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- April 17, 2020
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The DC Department of Corrections announced April 17 that 12 more inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The inmates include 11 males and one female, with five inmates in their 20s, one inmate is 36-years-old, two inmates in their forties, and four inmates in their 50s.
According to the DC DOC, three inmates were in quarantine at the jail’s Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) because they had been in proximity to another inmate who tested positive. Nine of the COVID-19 positive inmates were housed in the Central Detention Facility.
The addition of the 12 inmates brings the DC DOC’s total number of positive cases to 31. All inmates who are positive for the virus are in isolation.
Forty-three inmates have recovered from their illnesses and released into the jail’s general population.
The District’s site on the virus states that 20 DC DOC personnel members have tested positive for the virus. None of those members have returned to work.