CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Health reported 26 additional COVID-19 related deaths among Wyoming residents on Monday, Nov. 23.
A total of 202 Wyoming residents have died after contracting COVID since the start of the pandemic. 152 of the deaths have been reported since Sept. 13, around the time when the state started to see a surge in COVID-19 cases.
When new COVID deaths are added to the state’s total, the Wyoming Department of Health generally release details regarding each case, such as whether the person had underlying health conditions, their general age and whether the person was hospitalized.
However, the WDH had not released such information as of 4:15 pm Monday. Oil City will provide that information when it becomes available.
“Deaths among Wyoming residents are added to the state’s total based on official death certificate information,” the WDH says. “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.”
72.3% of the Wyoming residents who have died after contracting COVID had some type of pre-existing health condition such as diabetes, heart disease or lung disease. 4% had no underlying health conditions.
The WDH says it is unknown in 23.8% of cases whether the person had underlying health conditions.
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.
