In Kings County, One Of Every Nine Residents Has Contracted COVID-19
Listen to the report here More than six percent of Californians have now contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, but in one San Joaquin Valley county, the case rate is almost twice as high. One reason for Kings County’s high cumulative total is massive outbreaks in two of the county’s state-run prisons: Avenal State Prison and the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, which together account for more than 7,000 cases among incarcerated and staff. According to the New York Times, they’re the two largest outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons in the entire country. “That ...
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