BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – It’s a brand new milestone for the Bexar County Jail. As of Saturday, there aren’t any COVID-19 circumstances amongst inmates within the jail, in accordance with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The primary case of COVID-19 within the jail was reported April 10th, 2020.
“The BCSO will stay with zero optimistic inmates, whereas we look ahead to testing outcomes from inmates who’re introduced into our facility and are examined immediately,” officers stated in a launch.
For the reason that begin of the pandemic, 36,000 inmates have been examined and of these inmates, 2,880 inmates have examined optimistic and 33,802 examined unfavourable, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
The jail presently has 631 inmates in its custody who’ve examined optimistic and recovered from the virus.
Officers stated they are going to proceed to check all inmates who enter the jail and the inmates will stay in an isolation unit for 10 days to make sure no signs develop, pending outcomes.
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Inmates are nonetheless required to put on masks and COVID-19 vaccines can be found for any inmate who needs one, officers stated.
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