More than 60 cases of COVID-19 reported at FMC Rochester
Numbers reported on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website Thursday state that 64 incarcerated men and two staff members have tested positive.
4:33 pm, Dec. 17, 2020
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Federal Medical Center Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Rochester. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
After weeks of relatively few cases, the Rochester Federal Medical Center reported a total of 66 cases Thursday.
Two staff members and 64 incarcerated men have confirmed active cases of COVID-19, according to data posted on the Federal Bureau of Prison's website.
The increase comes just more than two weeks after the federal prison reported zero active cases. That zero was short lived as just a day later the facility reported an active case of COVID-19 among a staff member. By Dec. 7, the facility again was reporting an active case among the men serving sentences there.