Inside Pasco jail, 100 inmates test positive for the coronavirus. Here's how Tampa Bay jails are
Inside Pasco jail, 100 inmates test positive for the coronavirus. Heres how Tampa Bay jails are faring.
One hundred inmates at the Land O Lakes Detention Center have tested positive for coronavirus over the past 2½ weeks, the Pasco County Sheriffs Office said Wednesday.
That marks the largest outbreak among jails in the Tampa Bay area since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by the
Tampa Bay Times. But that agency has also tested hundreds more inmates than its counterparts in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.
The widespread testing is part of the jails strategy to control the spread of the virus by helping officials catch inmates who are sick but arent showing symptoms, said sheriffs spokeswoman Amanda Hunter.
Were testing probably a lot more people than others, just out of an abundance of caution to mitigate the spread as best we can, she said.
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