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(April 8, 2020 9:57 PM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 8:45 PM today, there are 305 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at nine facilities throughout the state.  Of that statewide total, 143 of the confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities.

In Jackson, there are 128 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Parnall Correctional Facility, 12 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center and 3 at Duane Waters Health Center

There are 29 MDOC facilities in Michigan, 18 facilities have no positive COVID-19 cases.  A total of 460 prisoners have been tested statewide as of tonight.  140 of those tested were negative and results are pending on 15 cases.

Among staff, there are a total of 137 COVID-19 positive cases at 14 facilities.   In Jackson, there are 54 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Parnall Correctional Facility, 1 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 1 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center and 2 at Jackson Central Warehouse.

Today, the department reported the second COVID-19 death in the prison system, a prisoner from Lakeland Correctional Facility.  The first death in the system was a prisoner at Parnall Correctional Facility last week.   A total of 2 staff have died after contracting coronavirus;  a corrections transportation officer and a word processing assistant at the Lahser Probation Office in Detroit. 

The Michigan Department of Corrections has been added as a separate jurisdiction under the “Other” category in the daily MDHHS report of positive cases in the state. All other cases are reported by county.  MDOC prisoner cases are not included in the county cumulative numbers or in the numbers reported by the Jackson County Health Department.

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