(CNN) A 30-year-old federal prison inmate who tested positive for coronavirus and gave birth while on a ventilator has died, the US Bureau of Prisons says. The woman was serving a 26-month sentence for "Maintaining a Drug involved Premises," the agency said in a news release. She had been in federal custody since March 20, when she was transported from a jail in South Dakota to a federal prison medical center in Forth Worth, Texas. As of Wednesday, 1,534 federal inmates and 343 BOP staff have tested positive for coronavirus nationwide, BOP says. At least 31 federal inmates have died due to the disease.

Source: CNN April 30, 2020 05:26 UTC