Name not reported
A 55-year-old man died at the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 9, 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19. The Tennessee Department of Correction said the death was coronavirus-related but could not share further details because of health privacy laws. It was the second coronavirus-related death at the prison, which at that time had more than 40 positive cases and 81 test results still pending, according to WPLN News.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Tennessee Department of Correction attributed the death to coronavirus, but gave no further details citing health privacy laws.
Reported by: Tennessee Department of Correction (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.