Second Faribault Prison Inmate Dies After Testing Positive For COVID-19
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A second Minnesota prison inmate has died after testing positive for COVID-19, state corrections officials said Saturday.
Leroy Wallace Bergstrom, 71, died at a hospital on Saturday, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
Bergstrom tested positive for COVID-19 on June 10, the department said. An autopsy to determine the cause of death is pending.
Bergstrom was an inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault, Another Faribault inmate, Adrian Raymaar Keys, 43, died Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19. The Corrections Department said one incarcerated person in Minnesota remains hospitalized.
The first case of COVID-19 in the Faribault prison was reported on June 3. The department has been testing all inmates at staff at the facility. As of Friday, 4,892 tests of inmates had been conducted at the Faribault facility, with 206 tests positive. Most who tested positive are experiencing no symptoms. The facility currently houses 1,718 men.
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