Public Health

Prisoners Being Released From City, State Prisons Are Not Being Tested for COVID-19

A man being held in Delaware’s largest prison tested positive for coronavirus following his death earlier this week.

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A man in a Delaware prison unit that had a coronavirus outbreak has died. Two coronavirus tests before his death were negative.