The number of Wyoming residents whose deaths have been tied to the coronavirus has grown to 1,749, the Wyoming Department of Health announced Tuesday.
The department announced the deaths of eight more residents, all of which occurred in February, were linked to the illness.
The victims included two Fremont County residents, a man and a woman, two Crook County men, two Natrona County men, a Laramie County woman and a Campbell County man.
The announcement came the same day Health Department figures showed the number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming had fallen to 238.