In six months, 25 COVID cases in the jail

Since May, 25 cases of COVID-19 have been counted among Oconee’s jail population.  Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, says, “That does not mean we have 25 cases right now, but those are the number of confirmed cases beginning in May of this year.”  Lt. Chapman, the jail director, says precautions followed include no on-site visits by out-reach groups or churches.  When someone is brought to the jail, he or she does not enter the general population immediately.  They are quarantined from others, for 10 to 14 days.  Jail nurses have testing supplies.