James Thomas Hill
James Hill, 72, a Canadian man, was held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Immigration Centers of America Farmville in Farmville, Virginia, a facility that local reporting said had the largest coronavirus outbreak at any U.S. immigration facility. Local station WVIR reported that he reported shortness of breath and was admitted to hospital in July, where he tested positive for COVID-19. He died on August 5, 2020, at Lynchburg General Hospital after several weeks of treatment. ICE listed COVID-19 complications as the cause of death, and his family told a Canadian newspaper he had been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the virus.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. ICE said he died of COVID-19 complications.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.