LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The number of coronavirus cases continues to grow within Nebraska’s prison system.
Six staff members across the state’s system had tested positive for the virus, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said late Thursday in a news release. That’s in addition to another three infected staffers announced on Wednesday.
The infected staff members are isolating at their homes, the agency said, and officials plan to notify anyone who had been in close contact with them so they can also quarantine.
On Tuesday, the agency announced that an inmate in his 70s had died after contracting the virus. The latest cases bring the number of Nebraska prison staffers infected since the pandemic began to 356. Of those, 250 have recovered. Nearly 700 inmates had tested positive for the virus by late last week.
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