Twenty-one inmates at the Muskogee County Jail have tested positive for coronavirus, according to Sheriff Terry Freeman.
Forty-five inmates have been tested, and of those, 20 female inmates and one male tested positive. 14 females and 10 males were negative. The inmates’ symptoms are being monitored and treatment is being provided by medical staff.
Any inmate will receive a test upon request, he said, and employees are required to be tested. No employee has yet tested positive.