A Montgomery County inmate is the first in the Pennsylvania prison system to die from complications related to covid-19, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced Monday.
The inmate wasn’t identified by name. He was a 67-year-old black man serving a life sentence for a Philadelphia County first-degree murder conviction, officials said
He died April 8 at Einstein Medical Center in East Norriton. He had been serving the sentence at the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix. Both are in Montgomery County.
He died from complications of pneumonia due to covid-19, the Montgomery County coroner’s office said. He also had heart disease and liver cirrhosis, according to a release from the corrections department.
The department won’t be issuing releases about more deaths in the state system. Instead, it will update its webpage.
Through Friday, 11 inmates and 19 employees have tested positive for covid-19.
