Name not reported
A person held at the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, New York, died of COVID-19, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The department said the person was at Erie County Medical Center at the time of death. The cause of death is pending with the Erie County Medical Examiner, and the State Commission of Correction reviews deaths in state facilities.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The corrections department said the person died of COVID-19 while at ECMC, and the official cause is pending with the Erie County Medical Examiner.
Reported by: Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.