The Wyoming Department of Health on Tuesday confirmed the death of a Sheridan County Resident attributed to COVID-19. According to the Department of Health, an older adult Sheridan County man died in August. He had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness. This brings the total number of Sheridan County resident deaths to 82 since the pandemic began in March of 2020. There have been 13 lab confirmed cases in Sheridan County since August 30. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list the COVID-19 community level and the community transmission level as low for Sheridan County.
Deaths among Wyoming residents are added to the state’s coronavirus-related death total based on the location of a person’s permanent residents 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.
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Last modified: September 7, 2022