YACOLT — The latest COVID-19 outbreak at Larch Corrections Center has significantly subsided, with just nine active cases among incarcerated individuals, the Washington Department of Corrections reported Monday.
The DOC also reported three active cases among staff members at the minimum-security prison near Yacolt, which 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, 414 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.
