Name not reported

The Iowa Department of Corrections reported, in a count covered by Iowa Capital Dispatch on February 1, 2021, that one person held at Anamosa State Penitentiary died of COVID-19. The same count attributed one COVID-19 death to a person held at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center. The department's account is the only source for both deaths.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections attributes the death to COVID-19 while the person was held at Anamosa 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