Nye County detention employee tests positive for COVID-19
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday that a detention center employee has tested positive for COVID-19.
The sheriff’s office received confirmation around 9:45 a.m. Friday of the COVID-19 case, according to a video statement. As a result, all Nye County jails were immediately placed on lockdown.
All staff and inmates will be tested for COVID-19, the sheriff’s office said. “Family members of NCSO staff members are encouraged to test as well.”
Staff schedules have been adjusted “to avoid further contamination within the NCSO and their families,” the sheriff’s office said.
Nye County also reported seven new COVID-19 cases Saturday. There are 28 in total — 22 in Pahrump, four in Tonopah, one in Amargosa Valley and one in Beatty — and no deaths, according to its website.
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