4 Bucks Co. Prison Officers, 2 Inmates Positive For Coronavirus

BUCKS COUNTY, PA – Bucks County's coronavirus case count has topped 1,000, officials said Thursday. Three more fatalities were also reported, bringing the county's death total to 28. Three women — ages 93, 88 and 72 — are the county's most recent deaths from the virus, officials said.

Out of the 1,000 cases, 170 of the county’s COVID-19 patients have now recovered and removed from isolation.

As of Thursday, the county’s total case count is 1,022, which include recent positive tests from four officers at the Bucks County Correctional Facility. Two inmates also tested positive. All six have been isolated and have mild symptoms, said Dr. David Damsker, director of the Bucks County Health Department.

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Three additional corrections officers and one other inmate tested positive for the virus last weekend.

"The county prisons have instituted no-visitation policies and other preventive measures, and have reduced the inmate population by nearly 20 percent since March 11 in an effort to create more distancing and to free up space for isolating infected persons," the county said in a news release.

In Bucks County, 70 residents have been hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Of them, 18 are in critical condition and on ventilators.

In Pennsylvania, more than 18,000 people have tested positive and the statewide death toll stands at 338 as of Thursday.

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