“The female population has been separated into positive and negative cohort housing units. For the residents who tested positive, if any present as symptomatic we will follow the medical guidelines for monitoring their symptoms and the need for increased medical care. The quarantine for Delta will remain in effect until November 4,” the statement says.
The male facility is not in quarantine, Flannery said.
Dayton and Montgomery County Public Health said one staff member and three others connected to MonDay have also tested positive.
“We are working with them on contact tracing, providing them with COVID test kits and transporting samples to the regional lab, and connecting them with the Ohio Department of Health for additional guidance,” Public Information Supervisor Dan Suffoletto told the Dayton Daily News.
MonDay is a “community based correctional facility that provides a secure treatment environment for probationable felony offenders,” their website says.
Flannery said in the statement that the facility is taking the positive tests seriously.
“We are taking all the necessary precautions and actions to respond to the health needs of our residents,” he said. " Beginning in March when the pandemic started we implemented the recommended COVID 19 guidelines and protocols and have been following them. In August we started testing all of our intakes. Even with all these measures in place to mitigate the possibility of COVID 19 entering our facilities, we are still susceptible to it."
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