Inmate treated for covid-19 symptoms dies in Little Rock hospital

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes covid-19.
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes covid-19.

A Ouachita River Unit inmate undergoing treatment for symptoms of covid-19 died in a Little Rock hospital Tuesday, officials said.

The inmate was serving a sentence at the Malvern facility for kidnapping, according to a news release issued by the state Department of Corrections. The release doesn’t identify the man, but states he was in his mid-60s.

He was pronounced dead at Baptist Medical Center, officials said.

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