Sacramento RT releases routes of third bus driver who tests positive for COVID-19
The Sacramento Regional Transit District announced Monday that one of its bus drivers has tested positive for COVID-19, the district’s third who has become infected with the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.
RT officials said they were alerting July 16 and 17 riders on Jibe Express, Rancho CordoVan and Bus Route 33 of the driver’s diagnosis “out of an abundance of caution,” according to announcement on the district’s web site and its social media accounts.
This bus driver, who was self-isolating and expected to make a full recovery, has not been at work or driven a RT vehicle since July 17, RT officials said. They also said the driver wore a mask and the person’s temperature was checked before the start of each shift.
The transit district was informed of the driver’s diagnosis on Monday. RT officials released a list of the routes the driver worked.
| Date | Route | Time |
| July 16 | Jibe Route 182 | 5:10 a.m. to 9:07 a.m. |
| July 16 | Jibe Route 182 | 3:10 p.m. to 7:16 p.m. |
| July 17 | Rancho CordoVan Routes 175, 176, 177 | 5:24 a.m. to 9:51 a.m. |
| July 17 | Bus Route 33 | 12:26 p.m. to 3:12 p.m. |
On July 20, RT officials received written confirmation that a SacRT GO paratransit services driver tested positive for COVID-19. That driver had not been at work or driven a RT vehicle since July 10. That driver was self-isolating and expected to make a full recovery, RT officials said.
Because SacRT GO is a reservation-based service, RT directly contacted any customers who rode with that driver before July 10 to notify them of potential exposure. RT officials said that driver also wore a mask while on duty and a temperature check before working.
Like all RT buses, light rail trains and facilities, all SacRT GO vehicles are cleaned and sanitized daily, according to the transit district.
On July 13, RT officials announced the first confirmed case of one of its front-line employees, a bus driver, tested positive for COVID-19. At the time, RT officials released the routes the bus driver worked before feeling ill and self-isolating until getting tested for COVID-19 on July 8.
On July 6, the transit district learned that one of its light-rail service workers tested positive for COVID-19. That worker does not have any contact with customers or riders while on duty. That employee also self-isolated at home. RT policy dictates that any employee diagnosed with COVID-19 must stay home and self-isolate in compliance with public health recommendations.
