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By Jim Angell, Cowboy State Daily

The number of Wyoming residents whose deaths have been linked to the coronavirus has grown to 747.

The Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday that the deaths of seven more Wyoming residents have been connected to the illness first detected in Wyoming in March 2020.

The deaths occurred between February and earlier this month, the department said.

Victims included a Natrona County man who died in February and a Natrona County woman who died earlier this month after being hospitalized for treatment of the illness.

Two older Park County women died earlier this month, one of whom was hospitalized for treatment.

Other victims included an older Crook County man and a Laramie County man who died earlier this month and a Platte County man who died in May. All three were hospitalized for treatment.

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