2nd Santa Clara County Inmate Tests For Coronavirus

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA – A second Santa Clara County inmate has tested positive for the coronavirus, sheriff's officials said Wednesday.

The inmate had been arrested Monday by San Jose police and as he was being booked into the county's main jail at 150 W. Hedding St. in San Jose, he said he had been exposed to the virus.

He was tested and the results came back positive late Tuesday night, according to sheriff's officials.

The inmate is a 25-year-old man who was homeless.

Sheriff's officials said the man remains quarantined and is being monitored by medical personnel.

Police were told that the officer who made the arrest may have been exposed.

The first inmate in the county to test positive for the coronavirus has recovered and has been released.

Newly arrested suspects were and are being screened outside the jail.

Health care workers are asking the suspects whether they have a dry cough, shortness of breath, fever or been exposed to someone with the virus.

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