Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 43-year-old man held at the Sanpete County jail under a state sentence died of COVID-19, according to the Utah Department of Corrections, which said he died at a hospital. The department has not released his name. It reported that 32 of the 71 people it held at the jail had tested positive, and that he was the nineteenth state prisoner to die during the pandemic.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Utah Department of Corrections says he died of COVID-19 at a hospital.
Reported by: Utah Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.