An immigration inmate at the Krome detention center in Miami-Dade has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Miami Herald confirmed Tuesday.
The detainee, a 29-year-old Mexican national, was taken to a nearby Miami-area hospital on March 9 for a non-related coronavirus issue. A few weeks later, the detainee began experiencing flu-like symptoms and ultimately tested positive, according to a congressional notice sent out Tuesday.
The detainee is still at the hospital and has not returned to the detention center since being transported for medical care. Anybody who was in contact with the detainee was quarantined, the notice said.
For weeks — and as recently as Monday — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has repeatedly told the Herald that no detainees in their custody in Florida have tested positive for the virus. However, the agency got around having to disclose that any detainee was sick with COVID-19 because the detainee was technically no longer on the premises — but rather at a hospital, federal sources say…
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