I am very concerned with this latest surge, said Mary Logan, the department s chief nurse. We have had a number of youth come in from the community who have tested positive, but thankfully most of the youth have not had any serious symptoms.
Every minor admitted to a county juvenile facility goes immediately into quarantine, is assessed by medical personnel and also tested for the virus, Logan said. If they test positive, they are placed in medical isolation for 10 days.
As of last Thursday, 107 minors had tested positive for COVID-19, 40 of them while in probation s care rather than at admission, according to a weekly department report. That represents roughly 20% of the total population of halls and camps on that date. In addition, there were 120 youth in quarantine due to possible exposure.
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