Second Idaho prisoner dies of COVID-19

A second prisoner of the Idaho Department of Correction died of COVID-19 on Sunday after being hospitalized.

“With great sadness, the Idaho Department of Correction reports the death of a 64-year-old man hospitalized with COVID-19,” IDOC said in a news release. “The man was transported from Idaho State Correctional Center to a Boise hospital for treatment on Aug. 14.”

As of Tuesday morning, the man’s identity has yet to be released by IDOC.

See the Idaho Statesman’s full report, including statewide COVID-19 data, here.