Wyoming reported its second death attributed to the new coronavirus on Wednesday.

The State Department of Health announced the victim was an older Laramie County man who had been hospitalized for the treatment of COVID-19.

“Unfortunately, we have seen this disease touch another Wyoming family in the worst way,” said Dr. Alexia Harrist, the state health officer.

The state’s first death blamed on coronavirus occurred late last week in Buffalo. That case also involved an older man, who had underlying health problems.

The deaths came in the wake of the release of an updated computer model that predicts the number of deaths and strain on Wyoming’s hospitals will be much lower than originally feared. An updated computer model from the University of Washington predicts 34 people will die in Wyoming from the coronavirus by May 23 — a dramatic reduction from a prediction of 119 deaths made last week.

The model also said that by the time the demand for intensive care unit beds peaks on May 4, the state’s hospitals will not be overwhelmed. The model showed that at the most, the state will need 14 intensive care unit beds and 44 exist around Wyoming. For hospital beds in general, the model predicts a peak need of 60 for treatment of the coronavirus on May 5. The model said the state has 1,069 beds available.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Wyoming sat at 288 on Wednesday afternoon, with 176 recoveries. Another 105 people were believed to probably be infected with the disease.

Park County has had one confirmed case and that patient has since recovered.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Laramie County had 64 cases; Teton County had 59; Fremont County had 42; Natrona County had 34; Campbell County had 13; Sheridan had 12; Johnson had 11; Sweetwater had 10; Converse had eight; Albany, Lincoln and Washakie had five; Carbon, Crook and Uinta had four, and Goshen had three. Big Horn, Hot Springs, Niobrara and Sublette counties had one case each.

The Department of Health announced Tuesday that a “community protection initiative” team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the state to help slow and limit the spread of COVID-19 in Wyoming. Harrist said she invited the team after the CDC expressed an interest in sending some staff to help areas with relatively low levels of coronavirus contamination.

“The idea is to help maintain lower levels of illness in locations that haven’t yet been overcome as in other areas of the country,” she said.