CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The number of Wyoming residents killed by the coronavirus has risen by four while a school district says an employee has tested positive for the virus.

The Wyoming Department of Health says the deaths of three people from Sheridan County and one from Natrona County bring Wyoming’s COVID-19 death toll to 46.

The school district in Cheyenne meanwhile announced that an employee at McCormick Junior High School has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports it is the first known positive case among students or employees in the district since school began Aug. 31.

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