Greensburg City Hall is closed this week due to a suspected coronavirus infection of a city employee, Councilman Randy Finfrock said.
“Just as an abundance of caution we’re deep cleaning City Hall, and we’ll be back in business Monday,” he said.
Officials closed the building Tuesday afternoon.
A city employee was feeling ill and took a coronavirus test, but the results have not been confirmed.
“We have evidence that we had a… covid case, but that remains unconfirmed at this time,” Finfrock said. “Sooner or later, it was bound to hit us.”
City employees are working from home and city services will continue, Finfrock said.
Greensburg closed all municipal facilities during the first wave of the pandemic in March. It reopened gradually over the following months, and was mostly back to business as usual by June, with employees working from the office and public meetings held in person.
Westmoreland County has seen a spike in coronavirus cases in October, with 902 cases as of Thursday. That’s the highest number reported in any month.
Thursday was the largest single-day increase in the county with 148 new cases, bringing the total to 3,201.
The virus has impacted several county agencies.
Two staff members at the county 911 center tested positive this week. 911 operations were uninterrupted.
A Westmoreland County Transit Authority bus driver tested positive this week, the first among staff and drivers since April.
County Commissioner Doug Chew reported a positive test Oct. 6, prompting several county offices at the courthouse in Greensburg temporarily to close.
