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Middlesex Sheriff’s Office COVID-19 Update #59

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The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) today confirmed three (3) additional cases of COVID-19 inside a housing area for individuals newly admitted to the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction. Fourteen (14) other individuals tested in the same group returned negative results.

The three (3) cases confirmed this morning bring to five (5), the total number of cases identified. All five (5) individuals who have tested positive had been in precautionary quarantine since their intake and had not been placed in the general population. The first two cases were identified as part of the MSO’s protocol of testing individuals on the seventh day of their incarceration, prompting the additional tests.

Those individuals who tested positive will be retested in one week, at the direction of our infectious diseases physician.

This week’s cases are the first involving incarcerated individuals at the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction since September 29, 2020. Two hundred twenty (220) tests of incarcerated individuals have been administered in that time.

“Ensuring the health and safety our staff and those in our custody is our top priority,” said Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian. “These new cases highlight the fact we are not a fortress on a hill and that the issues impacting our communities, impact our facility as well. In the days and weeks ahead we will continue to follow the medically-driven approach we established last February and reinforce crucial mitigation efforts including mask wearing.”

To learn more about the MSO’s continuing COVID-19 response, please visit middlesexsheriff.org/covid19.