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Washakie County nursing home resident dies of COVID-19, bringing Wyoming death total to 12

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CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Health announced on Thursday, May 21 that a Washakie County nursing home resident has died of COVID-19 related complications.

The older man had been previously confirmed to have a case of COVID-19.

That brings the state’s total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 12. The WDH added that there have been 608 laboratory confirmed cases and 193 probable cases of COVID-19 in Wyoming.

The full WDH release is as follows:

Coronavirus-Related Death Announced in Nursing Home

A Washakie County resident previously identified as one of Wyoming’s laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases has died, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).

The older man was a resident of a Washakie County long-term care facility identified earlier as experiencing COVID-19 outbreak. Testing has so far identified five cases among facility staff and six cases among residents.

There have now been 12 reported deaths, 608 lab-confirmed cases and 193 probable cases reported so far among Wyoming residents.

COVID-19 can be transmitted by infected people who don’t yet have symptoms. Disease symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after virus exposure and include fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.

For more information about COVID-19 from WDH, visit: https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/infectious-disease-epidemiology-unit/disease/novel-coronavirus/Wyoming Department of Health

This article originally appeared on Oil City News. Used with permission.


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.


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