Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man in his fifties died on January 14, 2021, at the Lehigh County Jail, where he had been held. The jail said in a statement that he had been hospitalized for several weeks and that his death was due to complications related to COVID-19. The jail also said there had been a recent rise in coronavirus cases among staff and people held there. His name and other details about him are not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Lehigh County Jail said the man died of complications related to COVID-19.
Reported by: Lehigh County Jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.