Posted: Dec 19, 2020 7:12 PM ET | Last Updated: December 20, 2020 The Toronto South Detention Centre says 54 inmates at the jail have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) The Toronto South Detention Centre is trying to bring a COVID-19 outbreak under control after 54 inmates have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Ontario's ministry of the solicitor general said in an email on Saturday that the inmates have been isolated from other prisoners while they receive medical care and they are under droplet precautions. Toronto Public Health is working with the jail to trace contacts of those infected. The ministry says voluntary testing is underway for correctional staff and inmates in the units where the infections appeared.