OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - More cases of coronavirus are being reported among Nebraska prison system staffers, according to information from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
The department said in a news release Thursday night that three staff members had tested positive - one each at the Lincoln Correctional Center, the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center in Lincoln and the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York. That followed news Wednesday that four staff members had tested positive. Those cases were reported at the Work Ethic Camp in McCook, the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, the state prison at Tecumseh and Cornhusker State Industries in Lincoln.
The infected staffers are self-isolating at home, officials said. The latest cases bring the number of Nebraska prison staffers infected to date to 196.
Earlier this week, the department placed its Work Ethic Camp near McCook under quarantine after several staff and an inmate recently tested positive. And last week, the department quarantined the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln after several inmates there tested positive for the virus.