Name not reported
A man held at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, Riverside County, California, died on April 26, 2020, while hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. According to Riverside County sheriff's officials, correction officers noticed his symptoms had worsened, and medical staff sent him to an area hospital by ambulance. The sheriff's office said the cause of death had not yet been determined, that the investigation was ongoing, and that there were no signs of foul play. A separate report of a Riverside County jail death, attributed to complications of the virus, gives the sheriff's department's account of symptoms beginning April 13 and a hospital transfer six days later, but does not name the person.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Riverside County sheriff's officials said the death was from complications related to COVID-19, though they also said the cause was not yet determined.
Reported by: Riverside County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.