5th Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Tests For Coronavirus

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — A fifth Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, sheriff's officials said Wednesday.

All five work on the same team. Three others on the team are self-isolating at home even though they have no symptoms of the virus.

The deputy who tested positive most recently is quarantined at home.

Sheriff's officials are working to identify other staff members who may have been exposed to the virus.

So far there is no evidence, sheriff's officials said, that the deputies have exposed inmates to the virus.

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