LASD Reports 317 Employees, 2,518 Inmates Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 Since Pandemic Began

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported Monday that 317 employees and 2,518 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

According to numbers released Monday, 349 employees are currently quarantined and 1,704 have returned to work.

Of the employees who tested positive, 228 are sworn personnel and the remainder are professional or "civilian" personnel. Of those in quarantine, 239 are sworn personnel.

Meanwhile, 4,572 inmates are currently quarantined, and 187 have been isolated.

Of those in isolation, 154 have tested positive and the remainder have been tested and are awaiting results.

According to the sheriff's department, "individuals who have a temperature of 100.4 or higher and are exhibiting symptoms of an upper respiratory infection,'' have been in isolation while individuals in close contact with a person currently under observation have been quarantined.

More information is available at lasd.org/covid19updates.

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