Wyoming records 29th coronavirus-related death
August 12, 2020
A man from Uinta County who previously tested positive for COVID-19 has died, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. The older adult man had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19 and had been hospitalized. This brings the count for coronavirus-related deaths in Wyoming to 29 over the time period of eight months into 2020.
Deaths among Wyoming residents are added to the state’s coronavirus-related death total based on official death certificate information. If the disease did not cause or contribute to the person’s death, that person’s death is not reflected in Wyoming’s count of coronavirus-related deaths even if the person is known to be positive for the virus.
Among Wyoming residents, as of August 12th, there have been 2,584 lab-confirmed cases and 489 probable cases of COVID-19. Wyoming has a population of approximately 550,000 people. This is a death rate of approximately .005% among the general population. There have been 84,328 people laboratory tested for COVID-19 to date in Wyoming. The majority of the people tested who have been sick have not had the disease, but rather were ill with something else.
For comparison, there have been 65 motor vehicle fatalities on Wyoming’s roadways to date in 2020. (100 in 2019, 62 in 2018, and 88 in 2017).
The state and county COVID-19 dashboards can be found on the Wyoming Department of Health website here.
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