City Reports Four New COVID-19 Employee Cases

Bloomington, Ind. – Four City workers have reported positive results of COVID-19 tests since the June 30 update, including one Public Works (DPW) employee, one Parks and Recreation (Parks) employee, one City Hall employee, and one Bloomington Fire Department (BFD) employee.

Details of the cases are as follows: 

• One DPW employee started experiencing symptoms on July 6 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. There were no close contacts. 

• One Parks employee started experiencing symptoms on June 30 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. Close contacts have been called, but not all have been reached.

• One City Hall employee started experiencing symptoms on July 3 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on July 4. There were no close contacts. 

• One BFD employee started experiencing symptoms on July 1 and received a positive COVID-19 test result on the same day. There were no close contacts.

To date, 352 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 June 21, the most recent date for which data is available, sample concentrations were 560 gene copies/100mL at the Dillman plant and 240 gene copies/100mL at the Blucher Poole plant. Sampling data is available at https://bton.in/rcAnW. 

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.