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City Reports Five New COVID-19 Employee Cases

Bloomington, Ind. – Five City workers have reported positive results of COVID-19 tests since the May 26 update, including two Public Works (DPW) employees, one Utilities (CBU) employee, one Parks and Recreation (Parks) employee, and one Bloomington Transit (BT) employee. 

 

Details of the cases are as follows: 

 

A DPW employee started experiencing symptoms on May 24 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on May 27. There were no close contacts. 

 

A second DPW employee started experiencing symptoms on May 26 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on May 27. Close contacts have been notified.

 

One CBU employee started experiencing symptoms on May 26 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on May 27. There were no close contacts.  

 

One Parks employee started experiencing symptoms on May 26 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. Close contacts have been notified.

 

One BT employee started experiencing symptoms on May 30 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on May 31. There were no close contacts. 

 

To date, 329 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.  

 

City of Bloomington Utilities continues its weekly COVID-19 wastewater sampling program. While it is presently in the early stages of development, wastewater sampling has been proposed as a future “early warning” methodology. As of May 23, the most recent date for which data is available, sample concentrations were 10 gene copies/100mL at the Dillman plant and 4400 gene copies/100mL at the Blucher Poole plant. 

 

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.