Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 43-year-old man held at the Sanpete County jail under a Utah Department of Corrections contract died of COVID-19 at a hospital, the state corrections department said. The department announced his death in September 2021, the same week the jail reported that about 45% of the people held there had tested positive for the virus. The death came during an outbreak that reached a large share of the jail's population.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Utah Department of Corrections said the man 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.