Orange County Jails Under Quarantine as More Inmates Test Positive for COVID-19

A file photo of a detainee at the Theo Lacy Facility, a county jail in Orange County, Calif., on March 14, 2017. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—Four more inmates in Orange County’s jails have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 10 and prompting sheriff’s officials to implement a full quarantine in the men’s and women’s jails, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes told Orange County supervisors on April 7.

Three men and one woman tested positive on the night of April 6, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department.