A 57-year-old man from El Savador became the first person to die from coronavirus while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a senior immigration official told CNN
The man had been held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California, the official said."He contracted at the facility," the senior immigration official told CNN."As soon as he tested positive he was sent to the hospital. He died there.
The Otay Mesa Detention Center is the facility with the largest number of detainees who've tested positive -- 132, according to ICE.Nationwide, a total of 39 ICE employees at detention centers have tested positive for Covid-19, including 10 at the Otay Mesa facility.
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