Levy County Detention Facility has Covid outbreak, with 14 current cases
On July 6, medical personnel at the Levy County Detention Facility began receiving complaints from inmates and staff members of flu-like symptoms. As of July 13, at 2:00 p.m. the LCSO nursing staff reports that 8 of 17 staff members and 6 of 15 inmates tested for Covid-19 have shown to be positive.
The staff members who tested positive have been sent home to quarantine, and the inmates who tested positive are now isolated in a single dormitory.
The LCSO Detention Facility immediately began an aggressive regime, sanitizing the entire facility with a backpack style ionizer as well as all other CDC recommended sanitation procedures. Mask usage and mandatory temperature checks have been re-instituted for all inmates and staff members in the detention facility, along with a mandatory quarantine period for all persons arrested since July 6, 2021.