No COVID-19 Positive Tests at Southern State Correctional Facility

Vermont’s Southern State Correctional Facility has been declared COVID-19 free, reports WCAX.

On Monday, the health department tested 336 inmates and 181 staff members at the facility in Springfield. There were no positive tests. The facility is the sixth and final facility in the state to receive COVID-19 testing.

The only prison in VT where there have been COVID-19 cases recorded since the virus was first detected among the population is the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans.