Of the 1,798 inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute at Seagoville, at least 1,072 have contracted the virus.
Coronavirus infections are soaring at a North Texas federal prison where more than 1,000 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least one inmate has died.
Giannetta, who was serving a 14-year prison sentence on a drug and conspiracy to launder money charges, was eventually put on a ventilator and died on July 16. He had long-term, pre-existing medical conditions, according to the prison bureau.
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