Name not reported

The Iowa Department of Corrections reported that one person held at Anamosa State Penitentiary died of COVID-19, according to an Iowa Capital Dispatch article published February 1, 2021. The department's count is the only account of the death; the sources give no name, age, sex or date for this person. Nothing further is reported about who they were or about their care.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections says the person died of COVID-19 while held at the state penitentiary.

Reported by: Iowa Department of Corrections (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

Source

• Active infections in Iowa prisons drop to 143, with 18 deaths of inmates and staff Iowa Capital Dispatch, February 1, 2021