Two inmates at the Lyon Couty Detention Center have tested positive for coronavirus.
Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope says the results developed after testing Monday. In both cases, the inmates were asymptomatic and were in close contact with active COVID-19 patients several weeks ago. Cope says it is Lyon County Public Health’s opinion the patients are “not shedding virus” and got the illness from community spread instead of somebody inside the jail.
One of the inmates was released before the test results were announced, so Public Health will continue medical care with that person. The other inmate is in isolation for 14 days from the test date as per state policy.
The testing Monday for all staff, inmates and certain outside vendors was scheduled after a Detention Center staffer tested positive June 24. So far, test results for all staff have come back negative but eight results are still outstanding. The jail staffer who tested positive is recovering at home.
Cope says all staff and inmates will receive another round of COVID-19 tests this upcoming Tuesday.
