(KLZA)--On Monday Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) Director Scott R. Frakes announced that a staff member with the NDCS is positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The staff member is employed at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. The person is self-isolating at home.

Notification will be provided to those who work and live in the facility as to the new positive case. In addition, anyone who may have had close contact with the staff member will be directed to self-quarantine until they are cleared by a medical provider.

This brings the total number of NDCS staff members diagnosed with COVID-19 to 45. Twenty-nine of those individuals have recovered from COVID-19.