ELKTON, Ohio - Eight inmates from the Elkton Federal Correctional Institution have now died the result of the coronavirus, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

James Druggan, 70, died on Wednesday in a hospital where he had been since Sunday after having breathing difficulties.

Druggan, who had been serving a ten-year sentence on child pornography charges since 2015, tested positive for COVID-19 and had long-term, pre-existing conditions according to prison officials.

As of Wednesday, the bureau of prisons reported 99 inmates and 48 staff members at Elkton have tested positive for the virus.

Currently, there are 36 inmates in quarantine at the main facility and six inmates in quarantine at the Elkton Satellite Camp, according to court documents.

Twenty inmates remain hospitalized or in rehabilitation facilities. Eight hospitalized inmates in hospitalization are intubated.

Prison officials say they are working to comply with a federal court injunction ordering the identification of inmates who are at-risk for COVID-19 and transfer them from the prison.

The government has produced a list of 837 Elkton inmates over the age of 65 or have medical conditions that place them at risk.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the Elkton inmates, has been urging the court to force prison officials to act quickly to comply with the transfer injunction.

Although prison officials admit that they have the authority to allow inmates to serve the remainders of their terms under home confinement, only a federal judge has the power to grant “compassionate release” by reducing the term of imprisonment.

Prison wardens can also grant furloughs to inmates under certain conditions.

The BOP says Elkton is currently testing all inmates in quarantine who are pre-release. Those inmates are generally asymptomatic. Approval is being sought to have an outside laboratory to complete mass testing.