City Reports Thirty New COVID-19 Cases

Bloomington, Ind.–Thirty City workers have reported positive results of COVID-19 laboratory tests since the January 20 update, including one Parks & Recreation (Parks) employee, two Bloomington Police Department (BPD) employees, seven Utilities (CBU) employees, five City Hall employees, two Bloomington Fire Department (BFD) employees, two Bloomington Transit (BT) employees, four Department of Public Works (DPW) employees, and seven employees of the Bloomington Housing Authority (BHA). 

 

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 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 Parks employee started experiencing symptoms on January 23 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 24. There were no close contacts. 

 

 

A BPD employee started experiencing symptoms on January 21, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 23. There were no close contacts.

 

A second BPD employee started experiencing symptoms on January 21, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 23. There were no close contacts.

 

A CBU employee started experiencing symptoms on January 13, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 16. There were no close contacts.

 

A second CBU employee started experiencing symptoms on January 20, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 24. Close contacts have been notified.

 

A third CBU employee, who was asymptomatic, received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 24 from a test to comply with the City’s testing policy for employees who have not submitted proof of vaccination against COVID-19. There were no close contacts. 

 

A fourth CBU employee started experiencing symptoms on January 22, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 25. There were no close contacts. 

 

A fifth CBU employee started experiencing symptoms on January 23, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 24. There were no close contacts. 

 

A sixth CBU employee started experiencing symptoms on January 23, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 25. There were no close contacts. 

 

A seventh CBU employee started experiencing symptoms on January 13, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 19. Close contacts have been notified. 

 

A City Hall employee started experiencing symptoms on January 11, receiving a positive COVID-19 test result on January 18. There were no close contacts. 

 

A second City Hall employee started experiencing symptoms on January 21, receiving a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. There were no close contacts. 

 

A third City Hall employee started experiencing symptoms on January 22, receiving a positive COVID-19 test result on January 24. There were no close contacts. 

 

A fourth City Hall employee, who was asymptomatic, received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 22. There were no close contacts.

 

A fifth City Hall employee started experiencing symptoms on January 20, receiving a positive COVID-19 test result on January 25. There were no close contacts.  

 

A BFD employee started experiencing symptoms on January 25, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. There were no close contacts.

 

A second BFD employee started experiencing symptoms on January 26, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. There were no close contacts.

 

A BT employee started experiencing symptoms on January 24, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 25. There were no close contacts.

 

A second BT employee started experiencing symptoms on January 21, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 25. There were no close contacts.

 

A DPW employee started experiencing symptoms on January 6, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. Close contacts have been notified. 

 

A second DPW employee started experiencing symptoms on January 11, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 15. Close contacts have been notified. 

 

A third DPW employee started experiencing symptoms on January 12, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. Close contacts have been notified. 

 

A fourth DPW employee started experiencing symptoms on January 19, and received a positive COVID-19 test result on January 120. There were no close contacts.

 

Seven BHA employees received a positive COVID-19 test result since the January 20 update. Further details of each case are unknown at time of this release.  

 

Including today’s report, 262 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.