Pasco deputies entered jail with coronavirus, disobeyed mask rules, reports show Since the pandemic began, at least 287 inmates in the Pasco County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19. Â Â Since the pandemic began, at least 287 inmates in the Pasco County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19. Published 3 hours ago Pasco County Sheriffâs Deputy Christopher Schaeffer showed up to work at the county jail on Sept. 18 despite feeling under the weather. Schaeffer, who worked as a bailiff for the agency since 2004, had recently returned from a two-week-long vacation. His entire family fell ill, and he had taken a COVID-19 test the day before returning to work.