Editor’s Note: This is a map of the active coronavirus cases in each county across Wyoming. The number of active cases is determined by subtracting the total number of recoveries seen since the illness first reached Wyoming in mid-March from the total number of confirmed and probable cases diagnosed during the same time period and taking into account deaths related to the disease.
Wyoming’s active coronavirus case total fell to 482 on Wednesday as the number of people to recover from the virus increased by more than double the number of new cases reported.
The Wyoming Department of Health’s daily coronavirus update figures showed the number of active cases in the state fell by 23 Wednesday when the number of people reported as recovered grew by 36 and the number of new confirmed cases totaled 16.
Fremont County had the highest number of active cases at 81; Laramie County had 76; Carbon County had 69; Park County had 40; Washakie had 29; Uinta had 28; Teton had 27; Albany had 26; Campbell had 20; Goshen had 19; Sweetwater had 18; Natrona and Sheridan had 17; Lincoln had six; Hot Springs had four; Johnson had two, and Big Horn, Converse and Sublette had one. Crook, Niobrara, Platte and Weston had no active cases.
Active cases went down in 13 counties: Albany, Big Horn, Converse, Fremont, Goshen, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, Sublette, Sweetwater, Uinta and Washakie.
Laboratory-confirmed cases made up 409 of the active cases, while those with probable cases made up 73 of the cases.
Active cases are determined by adding the total confirmed and probable coronavirus cases diagnosed since the illness first surfaced in Wyoming on March 12, subtracting the number of recoveries during the same period among patients with both confirmed and probable cases and taking into account the number of deaths attributed to the illness.
The number of people to recover from coronavirus since March totaled 2,577 on Wednesday, including 2,164 people with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus and 413 with probable cases.
A probable case is defined as one where the patient has coronavirus symptoms and has been in contact with someone with a confirmed case, but has not been tested for the disease.
The number of new confirmed cases went up by 16 on Wednesday to total 2,600, with increases reported in Campbell, Carbon, Fremont, Laramie, Sheridan, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton and Washakie counties.
