ABC News reports:
At least 38 people have tested positive for coronavirus in New York City jails, including at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex, the board that oversees the city’s jail system said Saturday.
In a letter to criminal justice leaders, Board of Correction interim chairwoman Jacqueline Sherman wrote that at least 58 other people were currently being monitored in contagious disease and quarantine units.
In the past six days, she wrote, the board learned that at least 12 Department of Correction employees, five Correctional Health Services employees, and 21 inmates have tested positive for the virus.
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45 dead from coronavirus in NYC as statewide cases skyrocket to more than 10,000; Cuomo warns young people: ‘You’re not Superman’https://t.co/CJxwBE5FSN pic.twitter.com/F71wyeMSIu
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