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(KNZA)--A second inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility has died after testing positive for COVID-19.
The Kansas Department of Corrections said the inmate, a man over the age of 60 who had underlying medical conditions, died Wednesday.
He was taken to KU Medical Center on April 24 and tested positive for the virus the next day.
The inmate was serving a life sentence on multiple charges including robbery, aggravated burglary, kidnapping, rape, sexual battery, aggravated criminal sodomy and drug possession.
He had been imprisoned with the Kansas Department of Corrections since 1999.
Another Lansing inmate died from the virus on Sunday after testing positive on April 19.
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