Mass COVID-19 testing at a second North Carolina state prison has turned up more than 30 additional positive cases. The Department of Public Safety said on Monday the prisoners were among more than 400 offenders at Caswell Correctional Center who were tested last Friday. The Caswell prisoners testing positive are all asymptomatic. The rest tested negative. Mass testing within Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro in April uncovered well over 400 cases. North Carolina health officials reported on Monday more than 29,200 positive cases statewide since the pandemic began, with almost 900 deaths. More than 420,000 tests have been completed.
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