A total of 39 inmates and 22 county employees have tested positive for the coronavirus in the sheriff s latest update. The sheriff s office reports coronavirus numbers every Monday.
Travis County Sheriff s Office employees
Tested/Negative/Positive/Pending
Corrections: 428/323/102/3.
Administrative/Support: 161/112/47/2.
Travis County Sheriff s Office officials said a screening process was designed in February 2020 to prevent COVID-19 from reaching its inmate general population. That early process developed into a three-tiered isolation approach (detailed above in the stats portion), coupled with a litany of other protective measures including: plexiglass barriers, employee screening stations, ample soap and sanitizer, professional cleaning services, anti-microbial mist and HEPA air scrubbers, to name a few, officials noted. Inmates have always had unlimited access to soap in housing units, as well as cells, so they can wash their hands at any time, officials wrote in an advisory. Cleaning products are also in each housing unit, accessible to inmates as they have need. Additional hand sanitizer stations were added in common areas such as hallways. Inmates