2 more inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Monroe prison

MONROE, Wash. -- Two more inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Monroe prison, just days after a first prisoner was diagnosed with the virus.

The 68- and 28-year-old men were also housed in the minimum security unit, which is where the first case of the coronavirus at the prison appeared. They had been transferred into isolated on April 5 and tested along with 15 others who had been housed in the same unit. The other 15 remain in isolation and are being monitored by doctors.