Spokane corrections center reports 79 COVID-19 inmate cases

Spokane corrections center reports 79 COVID-19 inmate cases
December 14, 2020 GMT
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in Washington state have reported that more than half of the inmates at Geiger Corrections Center have tested positive for COVID-19 and are being kept in isolation and quarantined.
Spokane County Detention Services said that 79 of the 138 inmates at the facility tested positive as of Friday, The Spokesman-Review reported. The Airway Heights facility, located west of Spokane, has capacity for 360 inmates.
Department officials also said that 11 detention center employees tested positive.
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The number of infections is thought to be far higher because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick.

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