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4 City Of Bloomington Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

Four employees working for the City of Bloomington have tested positive for COVID-19 since mid-August, municipal officials said Thursday.

They included two employees at Bloomington Transit and one each from the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Bloomington Housing Authority.

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The four new cases are among 95 positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, city spokesperson Yael Kasander reported, in a statement. One employee has died after testing positive since the pandemic began, the statement said.

The city reported one positive case at the Bloomington Fire Department last week.

Monroe County health officials reported 33 new positive cases Thursday

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George Hale is a Multi-Media Journalist at Indiana Public Media. He previously worked as an Investigative Reporter for NPR’s northeast Texas member station KETR. Hale has reported from the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Jordan and Egypt.