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Andrew Quinn
By Andrew Quinn

Deputy Group Live Editor

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT
Updated 27th Mar 2020, 09:37 GMT

An 84 year-old man has become the first prisoner in the United Kingdom to die after testing positive for COVID-19.

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HMP Littlehey, Cambridgeshire, where an 84-year-old man has become the first British prisoner to die after contracting coronavirus. The inmate at the category C male sex offenders' prison died in hospital on Sunday.placeholder image
HMP Littlehey, Cambridgeshire, where an 84-year-old man has become the first British prisoner to die after contracting coronavirus. The inmate at the category C male sex offenders' prison died in hospital on Sunday. | PA Wire/PA Images
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