Sheridan County Resident Death Attributed to COVID-19

The Wyoming Department of Health confirmed Tuesday the death of a Sheridan County resident attributed to COVID-19. An older adult female died late last month. It is unclear if she had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19. This brings the number of Sheridan County resident deaths to 35. An older adult is categorized as those over 65. Additional information about the person is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPPA.

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.

In the last 24 hours, Sheridan County has added another 8 lab confirmed cases to the 3,069 total cases in the county since the pandemic began.  According to COVID-19 Public Information Officer Jennifer Graves, there are currently 88 lab confirmed cases active in the community. There are 27 probable cases active in the community.  Forty-four patients have recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours and currently 14 patients are hospitalized suffering from the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists Sheridan County’s level of community transmission as HIGH.