Name not reported

The Iowa Department of Corrections said one person held at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility died of COVID-19, according to a count reported by Iowa Capital Dispatch on February 1, 2021. The department's count is the only account of this death. The name, age, sex and date of the person who died are not given.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections attributes the death to COVID-19.

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