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Michigan Department of Corrections employee dies from COVID-19

A Michigan Department of Corrections employee died yesterday from COVID-19.

M.D.O.C. didn't release the transportation officer's age or if there were underlying health conditions, only that the officer worked at a facility in Detroit.

Chris Gautz the public information officer for the M-D-O-C.

As of Wednesday morning, he says there are 141 cases of COVID-19 in nine Michigan prisons.

“We've been doing everything we can to limit spread within the facilities where we have had positive cases. We've done that by severely limiting the movement at those prisons, providing masks and PPE for the staff to wear.

He said employees have their temperatures taken before they start work, and are screened for other symptoms of COVID-19.