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9 new COVID-positive cases found at St. Albans prison

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ST. ALBANS — The Vermont Department of Corrections announced that they detected nine additional incarcerated individual cases of COVID-19 through testing at Northwest State Correctional Facility (NWSCF) in St. Albans.

The outbreak at NWSCF began on January 30, when Department testing uncovered the first positive COVID-19 case.

The Vermont DOC says they conducted near-daily testing at NWSCF since January 30.

The nine new positive individuals at NWSCF resided in the same general population unit as three existing positive cases.

Contact tracing and follow-up testing is ongoing.

The entire facility remains on full lockdown to prevent the further spread of the virus.

As of Friday morning, 21 incarcerated individuals are COVID-positive across five Vermont facilities.

Statewide, there are 25 COVID-positive staff cases across six correctional facilities and three field offices.

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