Name not reported
A 74-year-old person held at Coastal State Prison in Savannah, Georgia, died of complications of COVID-19 on April 19, 2020. The Georgia Department of Corrections and the Georgia Department of Public Health attributed the death to the illness. Family members said precautions at the prison were inadequate, according to the Savannah Morning News. The newspaper reported that the prison was one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in Georgia state prisons at the time.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Georgia Department of Corrections and Georgia Department of Public Health attribute the death to complications of COVID-19.
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held them); Georgia Department of Public Health.