REGIONAL â As anti-incarceration advocates slammed the Alameda County Sheriff s Office for a recent spike of COVID-19 cases among inmates and staff inside the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, jail officials said Monday that quarantining and other procedures have slowed the spread.
Department officials reported on Dec. 30 that 12 staff members and 109 inmates had tested positive for the coronavirus, the second highest number since July, when 110 inmates contracting the illness. In the days that followed, the numbers dropped to 76 on Jan. 6 and 12 on Sunday.
The number of affected staff members fell to five. This is the second outbreak we ve had of the pandemic, said Sgt. Ray Kelly, a department spokesman. We ve managed to fight back against the outbreak, and we ve lowered the cases to 12.
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