LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Two more employees at Nebraska prisons have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the state Department of Correctional Services.
The department said in a news release Tuesday that the new cases of COVID-19 were reported at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution and the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York.
Officials will notify anyone who had close contact with the ill staffers, who are isolating themselves at home.
The department said it has now had 210 staff members diagnosed with COVID-19. Of that total, 174 people have recovered.
Statewide, 283 inmates had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Sunday and two deaths have been linked to the virus. Officials said 241 of the inmates who had COVID-19 have recovered from the illness.