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Ah Le Fang

37 years old · died January 21, 2021 · Central Jail Complex, Orange County, California

Ah Le Fang, 37, died on January 21, 2021, while held at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana, a jail in Orange County, California. The Orange County Sheriff's Department said he died of medical complications after testing positive for COVID-19 in December 2020, and that he was hospitalized on January 6, 2021. His death came during an ACLU lawsuit over the jail's pandemic response and a court order seeking to reduce the jail population.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Orange County Sheriff's Department said he died of medical complications after testing positive for COVID-19.

Reported by: Orange County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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