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CHARLESTON -- After weeks without a single case, state officials announced Tuesday that an inmate in West Virginia has tested positive for the coronavirus.
During his daily coronavirus briefing Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice said the inmate is at the Huttonsville Correctional Center in Randolph County. Justice said the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation and state health officials will immediately test all inmates, correctional officers and staff on the same cell block.
The Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety announced Monday that a part-time employee at Huttonsville also tested positive for COVID-19, though Justice said Tuesday that the two cases were not connected. The employee, a temporary correctional officer, is in self-quarantine at home and last worked on Thursday.
The Bureau for Public Health in the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Randolph County Health Department are working with Huttonsville and the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation on testing protocols and how to best quarantine future cases within the prison and jail system.