A prisoner from HMP Altcourse who died after contracting coronavirus was already suffering from terminal cancer.
The death of the inmate, the first in custody on Merseyside linked to Covid-19, was announced earlier today.
The ECHO can now report he was 57, and was transferred from the Fazakerley jail ten days before he passed away.
He died in Woodlands Hospice, on the grounds of Aintree Hospital, on Sunday.
When the prisoner left Altcourse, he was not displaying any signs of Covid-19, but was moved for "end of life care."
He tested positive at the Longmoor Lane hospice premises.
The man's death is still recorded as a death in custody as he was still serving a prison sentence at the time.
He was escorted by prison staff from HMP Altcourse to Woodlands on April 26.
The death will now be investigated by Liverpool city's coroner to determine the official cause of death.
John Whitwam, managing director for G4S, who run Altcourse, said: "On 5 April 2020, a prisoner at HMP Altcourse passed away in a local hospice.
"His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.
"The Prison and Probation Ombudsman has been informed."
Earlier today, it emerged how nine prisoners in the UK have now died from coronavirus.
And 107 prisoners have tested positive for Covid-19 in 38 jails, as of late Sunday afternoon.
Along with HMP Altcourse, they also include inmates at HMP Littlehey, Cambridgeshire, with others understood to be held at Birmingham, Manchester, Belmarsh in south-east London, Whatton in Nottinghamshire and a female prisoner at Low Newton, County Durham.
There are 19 prison staff in 12 jails who have contracted the virus, as well as four prison escort and custody services staff.
It has also emerged six pregnant inmates have been released from prison so far in a bid to protect them from coronavirus.
Suitable accommodation was being found for them before they were released, the Justice Committee said in a tweet while it was hearing evidence from Justice Secretary Robert Buckland in private on Tuesday afternoon.
There are currently 35 pregnant prisoners and 34 inmates in mother and baby units across 12 women prisons in England.
The news comes as MPs are set to grill Mr Buckland about how the justice system is coping during the coronavirus outbreak.
Campaigners have hit out at the decision to hold today's hearing in private, prompting fears ministers could be escaping public scrutiny.
Six days ago, senior figures within the northwest's prison industry told the ECHO there were no confirmed Covid-19 cases at HMP Liverpool, or the two Warrington prisons - Risley and Thorn Cross - which are all run by the Ministry of Justice.
But that figure is rapidly evolving, and changing daily.
An update from the Ministry of Justice was expected to be released later today, although they are no longer confirming coronavirus cases at specific prisons.
