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A total of 224 people have tested positive since an outbreak of COVID-19 began at the Forsyth County Jail in November, including 186 inmates and 38 staffers, according to the
A total of 224 people have tested positive since an outbreak of COVID-19 began at the Forsyth County Jail in November, including 186 inmates and 38 staffers, according to the latest numbers released Tuesday by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. That's an increase of 39 from from Friday, when 185 people had tested positive for the virus. Despite the increase, Forsyth County commissioners who approve funding for the jail said they support the sheriff's office's efforts to control the outbreak. The jail outbreak remains the second largest in the state, behind the Mecklenburg C...
COVID-19 cases at the Forsyth County Jail have surged again, with a total of 185 people, including 157 inmates and 28 staffers, testing positive since the outbreak began, according to the latest numbers released Friday by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. On Tuesday, the state health department reported a total of 116 people infected during the jail outbreak, 97 inmates and 19 staffers. The jail outbreak is the second largest in the state, behind the Mecklenburg County Jail which has had 405 cumulative COVID-19 cases. Thirty cases are active. There are 29 residents in cust...
The first time John Elliott Neville's name appeared on the front pages of the Winston-Salem Journal was on June 27, seven months after his death. At the beginning of the summer, Winston-Salem, like the rest of the country, witnessed people pouring out into the streets, angered at the death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis who died on May 25 after a white police officer placed his knee on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd was unarmed and lying on the ground, handcuffed. He is seen on a cellphone video, saying the words, "I can't breathe." John Neville said the ...