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 in February 2021. The death was recorded in the department's COVID-19 tally for the facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections reports the death as due 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