Sheriff Kimbrough Speaks about COVID-19 in the Forsyth County Jail
âI was in prison, and you visited me,â said the teacher whose birth is celebrated on Friday in a parable, revealing a level of concern for the well being of even those who have been incarcerated for committing crimes.
Itâs a level that isnât always matched by his followers.
Sixty-eight inmates at the Forsyth County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, the Journalâs Michael Hewlett reported earlier this week. Thatâs out of 568 inmates who were tested.
Eleven jail staff members have also tested positive.
Thatâs a 12% positivity rate, lower than the national average of 20%, Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough Jr. said. The infected inmates have been placed in separate cells in an assigned quarantine area, officials said.
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Sheriff Kimbrough Speaks about COVID-19 in the Forsyth County Jail
Sixty-eight inmates at the Forsyth County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, the Forsyth County Sheriffâs Office announced during a news conference Monday morning.
Thatâs an 84 percent increase from the most recent number of 37 inmates that the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported on Friday. The state agency reported then that a total of 48 overall positive cases were at the Forsyth County Jail, including 11 staff members.
That total represented the fifth-largest COVID-19 outbreak among 28 correctional facilities listed by DHHS.
During the news conference, B. Williams, director of nursing at the jail, said 568 inmates were tested Tuesday and Wednesday. On Monday morning, the sheriffâs office had 149 test results back. Out of those 149 test results, 68 came back positive, representing a 45% positivity rate.