On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, the county health department announced three new positive COVID-19 cases at Eastbrook Center, a nursing home at 3819 Chesterfield Avenue in Charleston. The total at the facility was then five: four patients and one employee.
Testing at the facility
- The first positive case, a patient, was reported on Sunday, April 5.
- On the morning of Monday, April 6, a joint team tested 124 patients and 39 staff members. The team came from the health department, Charleston Area Medical Center, the West Virginia National Guard and the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority.
- By April 7, the health department had 69 negative results from the facility. Another 52 tests from the onsite testing were still pending. That number did not include staff who were set to come in for testing.
- The health department contacted all other staff to set up a test at the health department.
The facility said it followed CDC protocols and worked with state and local health officials. Its operator had limited visits at its facilities since March 13, 2020.
See 124 residents and 39 staff members of Eastbrook Center tested and nursing home testing in Kanawha County.
This information is from April 2020. It is kept here as a record and is not current advice.