Westmoreland County officials on Monday confirmed that a third courthouse worker has tested positive for coronavirus.

The latest staffer to test positive was reported to county officials on Saturday. Two other cases involving courthouse staff were disclosed last week.

“The cases are unrelated, and we do not have any concern of community spread at this time. We continue to remind staff to follow all precautions. We continue to take staff temperatures and require staff to wear masks,” said Amanda Bernard, the county’s director of human resources.

Officials have not disclosed specifics about the cases or the offices where those employees work.

“Our human resources director and solicitor went over our (reporting) guidelines and that is what we are following through with,” said Commissioner Sean Kertes.

Following the first case, which was reported last Monday, commissioners ordered the resumption of temperature checks, which are now conducted by the park police, for everyone who enters the courthouse. Offices where the infected employees worked were temporarily closed for additional cleaning.

The county hired a local nursing company to conduct temperature checks at the courthouse in April and May during the early days of the pandemic. Those checks were halted early June after Westmoreland County converted to the green phase of the state’s coronavirus recovery plan.

Late last week, a note was placed on the front doors to the Children’s Bureau offices and yellow tape cordoned off the department entrance. Officials declined to confirm that closure was related to the coronavirus. Those offices were open Monday.

Commissioner Doug Chew said none of the confirmed cases involved workers in the same departments and that contract tracing determined the infected staffers had no contact with the public.

“So far, these are not customer-based or counter-based positions. These are behind-the-scenes people,” Chew said.

Westmoreland County in total has seen more than 1,000 positive coronavirus cases, the state reported Monday. That includes 28 probable cases and 16 new covid-19 cases, bringing the total case count to 1,010.

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