Mashantucket A Foxwoods Resort Casino employee tested positive for COVID-19 two days ago, the casinos interim chief executive officer, Jason Guyot, said today, correcting information the casino released hours earlier.

A statement attributed to Guyot said the employee had tested positive July 22.

We wanted to correct that, Guyot said. We were made aware of the positive test on July 27. The employee was tested that day and got the results back that day. We immediately startedcontact tracing and identified a handful of individuals the employee had been in close contact with.

Guyot said the employee worked in a small department, mainly in the back of the house, and had little contact with the public.

He said a Foxwoods team trained in responding to such cases identified the individual's contacts dating back to July 23, including anyone who had been within six feet of the employee for more than 15 minutes, even while wearing a mask.

Were getting them tested, and theyre all being quarantined for 14 days, even if they test negatively, Guyot said.

Its not known where the employee contracted the disease, he said, adding,We have no reason to believe it was here.

Guyot said it is the first case of a Foxwoods employee testing positive for the coronavirus disease. Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun both partially reopened June 1 after shutting down March 17 due to the outbreak of the disease.

Mohegan Sun revealed last week that one of its employees had tested positive on July 5 and had been hospitalized, and that two other employees who had contact with the first also tested positive. All three employees have returned to work after quarantining for 14 days, a Mohegan Sun spokesman said today.

Were confident in our resort safety protocols and the processes in place to help safeguard our teams and guests, Guyot said in theFoxwoods statement. In addition to mandatory mask usage and temperature checks for everyone, we are conducting wellness screenings for team members before each shift to ensure all are healthy and feeling their best. Team members who are feeling unwell are also asked to stay home.

We are constantly reevaluating where safety enhancements may be necessary and remain committed to keeping Foxwoods a safe destination for everyone, he said.

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