Lake County Jail inmates, staff impacted by COVID-19 outbreak

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Jail is currently experiencing another COVID-19 outbreak.

Lt. Corey Paulich confirmed to Lake County News that an outbreak was taking place, with 10 inmates and six staff members testing positive for COVID-19.

Paulich said another 63 inmates are in quarantine due to having had close contact with a COVID-19-positive individual.

As of Wednesday, Paulich said the jail's census was at 177. The jail is licensed for a maximum capacity of 286 inmates.

In the spring of 2020, the jail experienced its first COVID-19 outbreak, as Lake County News has reported.

“We had several waves of outbreaks all the way through 2020,” said Paulich.

After that, the jail had individual cases through late July.

That’s when cases started to increase to where the jail is currently, Paulich said.

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