Additional COVID-19 Cases Detected At Dodge County Prisons

(Dodge Count) A few additional cases of COVID-19 have been detected at several Dodge County prisons, according to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Over the last week, Dodge Correctional reported seven inmates with coronavirus for a total of 716. The number of active cases are at 20 with 694 recoveries. The prison has had 155 staff members test positive, an increase of six from a week ago. At nearby Waupun Correctional, there is currently one active case among inmates while 716 have recovered. One-hundred-and-twenty-one (121) employees have been confirmed to have COVID-19. Fox Lake Correctional is up to 889 inmate cases with 45 being active and 838 recovered. State corrections says the facility has had 139 staff members with the virus. John C. Burke Correctional dropped from 20 active cases last week to five as of yesterday (Friday) with 24 inmates having recovered. Four additional employees have tested positive since a week ago at the prison, bringing that number to 15 since the start of the pandemic.