China News Service, July 24. According to foreign media reports, according to the California authorities, in San Quentin State Prison, one of the oldest prisons in the state, more than 2,000 people have been infected with the new crown virus. At least 15 people have been infected with the new crown virus. Death from complications related to the new coronavirus.
On July 21, local time, tourists were playing near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
According to reports, unlike other prisons in California, San Quentin State Prison was basically unaffected by the new crown virus until early June. However, the transfer of prisoners from prisons severely affected by the epidemic (such as the Chino Men's Prison in California) caused the virus to spread in the prison.
Matt Willis, the health director of Marin County, where the San Quentin prison is located, said: "Unfortunately, they were sent to the San Quentin prison without being tested, laying a hidden danger for the outbreak in the second state prison. ."
Up to now, of the 3,300 prisoners in the prison, a total of more than 2,000 have been infected with the new crown virus, more than 1,000 prisoners have recovered, and 868 existing cases; 15 people have died from complications of the new crown pneumonia. The 67-year-old John Beames was a prisoner who recently died of the new crown. He is also the seventh death row inmate due to the new crown.
According to reports, a total of 7,200 people have been infected with the new coronavirus in all California prison systems. There are 1,900 confirmed cases and about 5,000 prisoners have recovered.
California is the most populous state in the United States and the most severely infected state with the new coronavirus, with more than 430,000 confirmed cases and more than 8,000 deaths.