Yesterday the Wyoming Department of Health confirmed the deaths of three Sheridan County residents attributed to COVID-19.
- An older adult woman died in late January. She was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put patients at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult man died in late January. He was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put patients at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult man died in late January. He was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put patients at higher risk of severe illness.
This brings the number of Sheridan County resident deaths to 68.
Deaths among Wyoming residents are added to the state’s coronavirus-related death total based on the location of a person’s permanent residence and 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 of coronavirus-related deaths.
