Inmates at a Washington state prison were involved in a disturbance on Wednesday night after six men at the facility tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.
The six inmates who have tested positive for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus were moved to isolation Sunday.
Monroe Correctional Complex, in Snohomish County, was the first state prison in Washington to have an inmate test positive for COVID-19. Positive results for two of the six inmates came back Tuesday,. They had been in the minimum-security unit but had been moved to isolation before the tests came back.
Five staff members are also considered positive for the illness, but that number is based on self-reporting, according to the corrections department'sThe corrections department statement said that when the fire extinguishers were set off and gave the"appearance of smoke from the exterior."
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