LASD Reports 297 Employees, 1,982 Inmates Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 Since Pandemic Began

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported Wednesday that 297 employees and 1,982 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

According to numbers released Wednesday, 416 employees are currently quarantined and 1,564 have returned to work.

Of the employees who tested positive, 211 are sworn personnel and the remainder are professional or "civilian" personnel. Of those in quarantine, 296 are sworn personnel.

Meanwhile, 5,197 inmates are currently quarantined, and 235 have been isolated.

Of those in isolation, 172 have tested positive and the remainder have been tested and are awaiting results.

According to the sheriff's department, "individuals who have a temperature of 100.4 or higher and are exhibiting symptoms of an upper respiratory infection,'' have been in isolation while individuals in close contact with a person currently under observation have been quarantined.

More information is available at lasd.org/covid19updates.

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