COLUMBIA, S.C. — Another prisoner death has been announced by the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
Darrell N. Mitchell, 71, who had several underlying medical conditions according to prison officials, died at a local hospital Sunday. He tested positive for the coronavirus and was hospitalized Aug. 13. He was an inmate at McCormick Correctional Institution.
As of today, 43 offenders and 15 staff members at McCormick have tested positive for COVID19.
Of those, 32 offenders and 6 staff are active cases; 9 offenders and 9 staff members have recovered.
The Department of Corrections has 16,211 offenders that it tracks. Of that number, SCDC has had 1,993 offenders test positive for the coronavirus system wide -- 1,176 have recovered and 795 are active cases.
There are 86 active staff cases.
This is the department’s 23rd inmate death associated with the virus.
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