In a court-ordered report Tuesday, the wardens of Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center and Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center revealed that coronavirus testing in the federal detention facilities remains negligible, with just 12 inmates tested across the two facilities.

Seven of those inmates have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the report. Four positive cases are in the MCC, which has a population of 738 inmates, according to the Bureau of Prisons. The other three positive cases are in the MDC, which has a population of 1,734.

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