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(May 9, 2020 8:36 AM) The Michigan Department of Corrections is reporting as of 11:30 PM Friday May 8, there are 2,109 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at facilities throughout the state.  Of that statewide total, 952 of the confirmed positive cases are at Jackson facilities.

The Department says expanded testing  took place at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility the week of April 26. The facility has a designated quarantine unit and positive prisoners are being transferred to the unit.

Of 1842 prisoners tested at Cotton, 680 are COVID-19 confirmed positive.  37% of those tested are positive.

There have been a total of 49 deaths of prisoners who had tested positive for COVID-19, 17 of those deaths were among prisoners at Jackson facilities. 

In Jackson, there are 177 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases at Parnall Correctional Facility, 63 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 33 at Duane Waters Health Center and 680 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility.

Among staff, there are a total of 309 COVID-19 positive cases statewide.   In Jackson, there are 74 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases among employees at Parnall Correctional Facility, 1 at Cooper Street Correctional Facility, 27 at Charles E. Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, 23 at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility and 3 at Jackson Regional Warehouse.

The Michigan Department of Corrections is listed as a separate jurisdiction 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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