More than 500 inmates -- nearly half the population -- of a prison in the US state of Arizona have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, ...
LOS ANGELES: More than 500 inmates - nearly half the population - of a prison in the US state of Arizona have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said, while at a California prison the virus death toll hit 22.
The coronavirus has severely afflicted US jails and penitentiaries, home to the world's biggest prison population, which comprises 2.3 million inmates. Arizona, population 7.3 million, has reported more than 180,000 coronavirus cases, of which 1,429 are in prisons. Seven of its COVID-19 fatalities came in state prisons.California however has reported 51 deaths among prisoners, including 22 in the notorious San Quentin prison just north of San Francisco.The most recent victim"died Aug 4th at an outside hospital from what appear to be complications related to COVID-19," the California Department of Corrections said.
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