covid outbreak

The Penobscot County Jail is only accepting people arrested for the most violent crimes during a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. The jail closed to most new arrestees last week after the outbreak was detected, Sgt. Jason Raymond told the Bangor Daily News. Sheriff Troy Morton sent out an email midweek to all the law enforcement agencies in the county...

A Maine county declared an emergency at its jail due to a COVID-19 outbreak and a lack of corrections officers. About 300 inmates at Cumberland County Jail are in lockdown for all but an hour a day due to the outbreak. The county declared an emergency at the jail for the first time in its history last week, the Portland…

The school is taking action to prevent cases from spredding.

The Rim Sports Complex in New Hampshire is encouraging anyone who attended the tournament to get tested for COVID-19 after an outbreak was linked in their facility.

At least 44 emergency staff members at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose tested positive for COVID-19 within the past week, according to the hospital, and on Sunday it was confirmed one of those workers had died.

Genesis Church in Woburn is closed as the community deals with a COVID-19 outbreak traced to several Christmas Eve services.

Selectmen in East Bridgewater will investigate how the town handled an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Commercial Club of East Bridgewater, saying some residents have voiced concerns about oversight by the Board of Health at the private club.

Fifteen veterans have died in three weeks in a coronavirus outbreak at a New Hampshire veterans home.

A virus cluster at a jail in Middleton, Massachusetts, is growing, the Essex County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Saturday. Twenty-five inmates, 21 employees and two contractors have tested positive. Each case showed mild symptoms; none have required hospitalization, the sheriff’s department said. All inmates and staff are now being tested. Also on Saturday, 28 male patients at the…

An outbreak of COVID-19 among people affiliated with a church in Sanford, Maine, is under investigation by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency said there are at least five confirmed cases of the virus involving people affiliated with Calvary Baptist Church. State officials have said the outbreak appears to have an overlap with a larger outbreak that...

Almost three weeks later, the number of COVID-19 cases associated with a Maine wedding reception has increased.

State officials have urged residents in New Hampshire to stay away from events at a Windham church while officials are investigating a potential COVID-19 outbreak.