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Prisoner at Oregon State Penitentiary with COVID dies

by Associated Press
| May 22, 2020 12:03 AM

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An inmate in the Oregon State Penitentiary who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, authorities said Thursday, marking the first known death in the state of a prisoner linked to the coronavirus.

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