### [2020-05-6](/feed/2020/05/6/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# The first death from COVID-19 in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainee is reported in a 57-year-old man from El Salvador who immigrated to the United States in 1980. 




### Sources:

1. [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/first-coronavirus-death-u-s-immigration-detention-reported-n1201711)
2. [NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/07/852475822/first-death-of-detainee-in-an-ice-detention-center-from-covid-19)

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