Outbreak of COVID-19 and interventions in a large jail - Cook County, IL, United States, 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Correctional and detention facilities are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 due to shared space, contact between staff and detained persons, and movement within facilities. On March 18, 2020, Cook County Jail, one of the United States' largest, identified its first suspected case of COVID-19 in a detained person.

Methods

This analysis includes SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by molecular detection among detained persons and Cook County Sheriff's Office staff. We examined occurrence of symptomatic cases in each building and proportions of asymptomatic detained persons testing positive, and timing of interventions including social distancing, mask use, and expanded testing and show outbreak trajectory in the jail compared to case counts in Chicago.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Zawitz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8016534 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature