City Reports Four New COVID-19 Cases

Bloomington, Ind.–Four City workers have reported positive results of COVID-19 laboratory tests since the February 17 update, including two Bloomington Police Department (BPD) employees, one Bloomington Fire Department (BFD) employee, and one Bloomington Housing Authority (BHA) employee. 

Any close contacts have been notified, but no members of the general public were identified as close contacts as a result of exposure to these employees in the course of their work.  

“Close contact” is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as someone who was within six feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from two days before illness onset--or, for asymptomatic clients, two days prior to positive specimen collection--until the time the patient is isolated. 

Details of each case are as follows: 

A BPD employee started experiencing symptoms on February 15 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on February 17. There were no close contacts.

A second BPD employee started experiencing symptoms on February 20 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on February 21. There were no close contacts.

A BFD employee started experiencing symptoms on February 15 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. There were no close contacts.

A BHA employee started experiencing symptoms on February 20 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on February 21. There were no close contacts.

Including today’s report, 294 positive COVID-19 viral test results have been reported since the start of the pandemic by City workers, including those employed by the municipal corporations that operate the water utility (CBU), transit system (Bloomington Transit), and public housing (Bloomington Housing Authority). Additionally, COVID-19 was listed among the causes of death of one City worker.  

Data about COVID-19 cases among City employees, in the county, the state, and the nation are available at https://bton.in/SOHjE. Other City-related updates about the COVID-19 pandemic are available at bloomington.in.gov/covid19.  

The City of Bloomington is committed to sharing information about how its operations and workforce are affected by this public health emergency and will continue to provide weekly updates about confirmed cases among staff while protecting employees’ privacy.