According to RIA Novosti, with reference to agency data, 4893 cases of coronavirus and 88 deaths among prisoners from COVID-19 have been confirmed in US prisons and isolation wards.

It is specified that also 2778 cases of the disease and 15 deaths were noted among the employees of the penitentiary system.

Corresponding statistics apply only to 37 states and data as of April 21, and therefore the overall situation in US prisons can be even worse by now.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who complained about the symptoms of coronavirus infection COVID-19, still has not done a test for coronavirus in an American prison.