YACOLT — The Washington Department of Corrections on Wednesday reported seven active COVID-19 cases among incarcerated individuals at Larch Corrections Center, as the outbreak continues to wind down.
There were three active cases among staff members, the DOC reported.
The minimum-security prison near Yacolt was placed on facilitywide outbreak status Feb. 7 after four inmates in the living unit tested positive. At the peak of the outbreak, on Feb. 18, there were 97 active cases among incarcerated individuals.
To date, 415 incarcerated individuals and 71 staff members have tested positive at Larch, according to the DOC. The majority of those cases came during an outbreak in late 2020, with more than 90 percent of the inmate population testing positive.
In January, the most recent data available, Larch’s average daily population was 204, with a capacity of 240.
