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.
