Deer Ridge inmate with COVID-19 dies at hospital amid growing outbreak
KTVZ file
(Update: DOC reports inmate death; case count rises to 93, 21 staff)
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Deer Ridge Correctional Institution inmate who tested positive for COVID-19 died Wednesday at an area hospital, amid an outbreak of the virus at the state prison that has now risen to 86 active cases among inmates, the Oregon Department of Correction said Thursday.
The man, between 75 and 85 years old, is the 19
th state prison inmate to die who tested positive for the coronavirus and the first from Deer Ridge, the department said. The agency did not release more details about the inmate, citing protected health information, as it has with previous deaths.