Name not reported
A 47-year-old man held at Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles died on May 31, 2020, at the jail ward of LAC+USC Medical Center, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which said he was the first person in the county jail system to die of COVID-19. The department said he became ill on May 15 while held in a single cell and was taken to the hospital ward, where he died. The department also said he had declined a test offered before symptoms appeared, and that officials could not say where he had been exposed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department attributes the death to COVID-19, and the man had refused a test offered before symptoms appeared.
Reported by: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.