Three Marshall residents, one TCI inmate test positive

Posted on July 24, 2020

Taylor Correctional Institute (TCI) inmate and three Marshall Health and Rehabilitation residents have tested positive for COVID-19, as local cases top 244 positive test results, according to the Department of Health’s latest report.

Since Taylor County’s first reported case on April 6, both TCI and Marshall have worked to keep COVID out of the facilities, conducting testing on staff and residents, screening all employees before each shift and prohibiting visitation.

“The DOH has been working with these facilities since the beginning to ensure they have a plan that includes rapid identification and management of those that are ill, considerations for visitors and staff, adequate supplies and resources, education and training on how to handle cases when they received them. Now that there are positive cases, we are working with them to ensure that all needs are being met in order to limit the spread,” DOH-Taylor Public Information Officer Martine Young said.

“Our concern comes due to the facility’s congregant living arrangements. Spread can happen very quickly in these situations. In addition, those living in these facilities, more specifically Marshall, are in our “high risk” category,” Young continued.

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