First COVID-19 cases at FMC’s Long-Term Care facility

Fayette Medical Center’s Long-Term Care facility registered its first confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus last week, according to a spokesperson for DCH Health System. Andy North, vice-president of marketing and communications for DCH, issued the following statement concerning the virus at the facility: “Late last week, a few residents at Fayette Medical Center’s Long-Term Care facility began showing symptoms of COVID-19. DCH decided to not only test those showing signs, but took the extra precaution of testing all the residents as well as any caregivers or other staff who work at the facility. Over the weekend, 106 residents and 134 employees were tested (a few more staff tests were being conducted July 6). Between residents and employees, some positives were found, but the transmission appears to have been very limited. In total, there were five or fewer positives."