Name not reported
An 86-year-old man held at Sterling Correctional Facility in Colorado was taken to a hospital on April 27, 2020, with respiratory symptoms and died there, according to the Colorado Department of Corrections, which announced the death on May 1. The department said he was suspected of having COVID-19 and did not release his name, and said the unit he lived in had been quarantined. The official cause of death is pending from the coroner's office. The Department of Corrections declined to say whether he tested positive.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Colorado Department of Corrections said he had COVID-19 symptoms and was suspected of having the virus, but the official cause of death was pending from the coroner.
Reported by: Colorado Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (4)
- Colorado Prison Inmate With Coronavirus Symptoms Dies in Hospital
- Sterling prison inmate dies at hospital with COVID-19 symptoms
- Colorado prison inmate dies after being taken to hospital with coronavirus symptoms
- Sterling Correctional Facility inmate dies at hospital after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms