2 more inmates test positive for coronavirus at OC jail

Another two inmates at the Orange County Jail tested positive for the COVID-19 on Thursday, March 26, bringing the number of incarcerated people infected with the virus at the facility to three.

The two newly diagnosed patients had been living in the same module as the first person who tested positive for the new disease at the Men’s Central Jail, Orange County sheriff’s officials said on social media. They have been isolated and are receiving medical treatment at the facility, OCSD spokeswoman Carrie Braun said.

#OCSDPIO Today, two inmates in the Orange County Jail were diagnosed with COVID-19, bringing the total to three. All three COVID-19 positive inmates were housed in the same module in the Central Men’s Jail.

— OC Sheriff, CA (@OCSheriff) March 27, 2020

All inmates who had been housed in the patients’ module will be moved to isolated units and monitored for symptoms, OCSD officials said. Enhanced screening procedures will be conducted at the jail. Visitors have not been allowed to meet with inmates since March 16, as a precaution aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus.

No OCSD staff have been diagnosed with COVID-19, Braun said.