COVID-19 outbreak reported at jail
Webster County Jail reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among both inmates and staff this morning.
The jail identified its first positive COVID-19 case last week, according to Webster County Sheriff Jim Stubbs. Since then, all 68 inmates and staff were tested. A total of 15 have tested positive: eight inmates, five staff members and two already home in isolation.
Mask use has been mandated for everyone in the jail.
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