Orange County Jail Inmate Tests Positive for CCP Virus

A sheriff's deputy speaks to an immigration detainee at the Theo Lacy Facility, a county jail which houses convicted criminals as well as immigration detainees, in Orange, Calif., on March 14, 2017. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—An inmate in the Men’s Central Jail in Santa Ana tested positive Tuesday for the CCP virus, the first Orange County inmate stricken with the virus, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said.

The inmate, whose name was not released, is in his 40s. He recently showed symptoms of the flu and was placed in isolation, said Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.