Twenty-seven more coronavirus-related deaths among Wyoming residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have been confirmed, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) announced Thursday.
The people whose deaths were announced Thursday included:
· An adult Campbell County man who died late last month. He had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Campbell County man who died last month. He was hospitalized in another state and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Campbell County man who died in October. He was hospitalized; it’s unclear whether he had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Crook County woman who died last month. She was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An adult Fremont County man who died late last month. He was hospitalized both in and outside of Wyoming and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Fremont County man died last month. He was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· Another older adult Fremont County man who died last month. He was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Fremont County woman who died late last month. She had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Johnson County woman who died last month. She was hospitalized; it’s unclear whether she had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Laramie County man who died last month. He was hospitalized, was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Laramie County man who died late last month. He was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Natrona County woman who died last month. She was hospitalized, was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Natrona County man who died last month. He was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Natrona County woman who died last month. She was a resident of a local long-term care facility; it’s unclear whether she had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Natrona County woman who died in late October. She was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Natrona County woman who died last month. She was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An adult Natrona County man who died last month. He was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· Another older adult Natrona County woman who died last month. She was a resident of local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An additional older adult Natrona County woman who died last month. She was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Natrona County woman who died last month. She was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Sheridan County man who died late last month. He was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Sublette County man who died last month. He was hospitalized in another state; it’s unclear whether he had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Sweetwater County woman who died late last month. She was hospitalized; it’s unclear whether she had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An adult Sweetwater County man who died late last month. He was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An adult Sweetwater County woman who died last month. She was hospitalized and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Sweetwater County man who died last month. He had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
· An older adult Uinta County woman who died last month. She was hospitalized in another state; it’s unclear whether she had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
Deaths among Wyoming residents are added to the state’s total based on official death certificate information. If death certificates do not describe COVID-19 as either causing or contributing to a person’s death, those deaths are not included in Wyoming’s count.
For Wyoming data on confirmed coronavirus-related deaths, visit https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/infectious-disease-epidemiology-unit/disease/novel-coronavirus/covid-19-map-and-statistics/ and click on the box that says “Click here for COVID-19 Related Death Information.”
Among Wyoming residents, there have now been 257 coronavirus-related deaths, 30,518 lab-confirmed cases and 4,560 probable cases reported since the pandemic began.
For more information about COVID-19, visit: https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/infectious-disease-epidemiology-unit/disease/novel-coronavirus/.
