A Sweetwater County man has died as a result of coronavirus, the Wyoming Health Department announced Tuesday.
The older man’s death raises the number of Wyoming residents whose deaths were related to coronavirus to 22.
The department said the patient was an older man who had health conditions known to put people at a higher risk of serious illness as a result of COVID-19.
The department also clarified that it only lists deaths as being related to the coronavirus if the illness caused or contributed to the person’s death.
