CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) reported 22 new COVID-19-related deaths among Wyoming residents during its weekly update on Tuesday, February 15. Deaths are typically reported by WDH every Tuesday.
There have now been 1,689 COVID-19-related deaths reported among Wyoming residents since the pandemic began. These are deaths “that have COVID-19 listed as either the underlying or primary cause of death or as a contributing cause of death,” the WDH explains.
Three Natrona County who were hospitalized and died in February were among the deaths reported Tuesday, bringing the county’s toll to 259. Two were adults with conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness. The other was an older adult woman who was not known to have health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
The WDH provided these data on the 22 new cases:
- An older adult Campbell County man died in February. He was a resident of a long-term care facility and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Campbell County man died in February. He was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Campbell County woman died in February. She had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Converse County woman died in February. She was hospitalized and was not known to have health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An adult Converse County woman died in January. She was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Fremont County man died in February. He was hospitalized in another state and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An adult Laramie County woman died in January. She had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Laramie County woman died in January. She was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Laramie County man died in January. He was a resident of a long-term care facility and was not known to have health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Laramie County woman died in January. She was a resident of a long-term care facility and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An adult Natrona County woman died in February. She was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An adult Natrona County man died in February. He was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Natrona County woman died in February. She was hospitalized and was not known to have health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Park County woman died in January. She was hospitalized in another state and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Sheridan County woman died in February. She was hospitalized and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
An older adult Sheridan County man died in February. He was a resident of a long-term care facility and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness. - An older adult Sheridan County woman died in February. She was a resident of a long-term care facility and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Sheridan County woman died in January. She was hospitalized and was not known to have health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Sublette County woman died in January. She was hospitalized, was a resident of a long-term care facility and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Sweetwater County woman died in February. She was hospitalized in another state and had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An adult Sweetwater County man died in January. He had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
- An older adult Sweetwater County woman died in January. She had health conditions known to put people at higher risk of severe illness.
The Wyoming Department of Health provides COVID-19 case, variant, death, testing, hospital and vaccine data online. The department also shares information about how the data can be interpreted. COVID-19 safety recommendations are available from the CDC.
