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Twenty-seven Westmoreland County Prison inmates tested positive for the coronavirus Monday as three units housing prisoners remained on lockdown, according to interim Warden George Lawther.
Inmates on the C, J and D units are able to shower, participate in recreation and make phone calls and video visits, but they are otherwise remaining in their cells as the outbreak that started in late November continues, Lawther said.
A lockdown of A unit was lifted last week.
The latest positive results bring the total number of inmates who have contracted the virus to 152, Lawther said. Officials plan to continue with testing and quarantining as needed. The construction of 24 negative-pressure cells at the Hempfield lockup is expected to be completed by Thursday.
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Coronavirus cases continue to mount at Westmoreland County Prison, with eight additional inmates testing positive for the virus Saturday, bringing the total number infected to 114, according to interim Warden George Lowther.
Lowther said two units at the Hempfield facility remain in lockdown in an attempt to limit the virus from spreading to other areas of the jail that currently houses 468 inmates.
“We believe we have it under control as well as can be expected, but as we’re all learning with this virus we don’t really know what to expect next,” he said.