17 Boone County Jail inmates test positive for COVID-19

BOONE COUNTY — The Boone County Sheriff's office reported Friday that 17 Boone County Jail detainees had tested positive for COVID-19.
As of Friday afternoon, all 17 were either asymptomatic or experiencing only mild symptoms, said Public Information Officer Capt. Brian Leer.
The first positive case was identified Jan. 3. This was the first COVID-19 case within the jail's general population, Leer said.
"Now, we're also not naive to believe that there is a possibility that somebody asymptomatic could have been in and out of the jail," Leer said.
Through close contact tracing, the department and health officials found a total of 19 detainees that had been exposed. More than 160 people have been tested since the first case was identified, Leer said.

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