Large COVID-19 Outbreak Reported At Sacramento County Jails; Dozens Of Positive Cases Identified So Far

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A ample COVID-19 outbreak has deed astatine Sacramento County jailhouse facilities.

On Thursday, Sacramento County officials announced that they person identified 76 affirmative COVID-19 cases astatine the Main Jail arsenic good arsenic 48 affirmative cases astatine the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center.

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Contact tracing is present underway, region officials say.

“Quarantine protocols are successful spot and extended investigating is being done,” said Dr. Olivia Kasirye successful a statement.

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Health officials accidental the ample spike successful cases is owed to the highly-transmissible Omicron variant that has rapidly dispersed crossed the US.

The region says the confirmed cases astatine the jailhouse facilities are coming from intake quarantine, inmate workers, and adjacent interaction testing.

Inmates astatine Sacramento County jailhouse facilities are offered vaccinations, but they are not required.

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The sheriff’s bureau is acceptable to clasp a property league astatine 3 p.m. to speech astir the outbreak. Watch the property league unrecorded connected CBSN Sacramento.

CBS13 Staff