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City says 2 more employees test positive for COVID-19

Bloomington City Hall sign. It's made of stone and sits in front of a brick building with greenery all around it.
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Two more workers are positive for COVID-19, according to a statement today from the City of Bloomington. The employees work in the city’s departments of public works and parks and recreation.

READ MORE: Bloomington reports 4 new COVID-19 cases among employees

The city said in a statement that any close contacts have been notified and that no members of the general public were among them.

It said the works department employee started experiencing symptoms March 17 and received a positive test March 21.

The parks employee was asymptomatic and also tested positive March 21.

The city has reported 297 positive COVID-19 tests since the start of the pandemic.

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.