Wyoming News Briefs

Outbreak at Shepherd of the Valley largest of its kind in Wyoming

CASPER (WNE) – Fourteen residents of Casper’s Shepherd of the Valley nursing home have died from COVID-19, the most deaths reported at any such facility in Wyoming since the pandemic emerged.

Casper-Natrona County Health Department spokesperson Hailey Bloom said the deaths at the facility began in early October.

An administrator for Shepherd of the Valley did not respond to a call Friday, nor did they respond to a call last week regarding the outbreak. It’s unclear how many active COVID-19 cases are present in the facility, but...