Covid USA, deputy dies at 41

Published on: 12/30/2020 9:28 AM

Luke Letlow, an elected member of the United States Congress, died aged 41 from covid. This was announced by the spokesman, Andrew Bautsch, with a message on the Facebook page of the newly elected deputy in Louisiana. The death was confirmed to CNN by Republican party sources in the state. Letlow, the first congressman to lose his life to the coronavirus, announced his positivity on December 18. Shortly thereafter, hospitalization at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe and on December 23 transfer to Ochsner LSU Heath Shreveport Academic Medical Center, where Letlow passed away.