The number of active coronavirus cases grew by 175 on Friday as the state reported more than 600 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the illness.
The Wyoming Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus update, said it received reports of 647 new confirmed cases, along with 119 new probable cases.
At the same time, the number of reported recoveries among patients with either confirmed or probable cases increased by 591, leaving the state with 2,464 active cases, an increase of 175 from Thursday.
Laramie County had 364 active cases; Natrona County had 343; Sweetwater County had 323; Campbell had 267; Park had 165; Fremont had 140; Uinta had 110; Sheridan had 95; Teton had 90; Washakie had 77; Lincoln had 76; Big Horn had 73; Albany had 70; Converse had 50; Carbon had 41; Goshen had 39; Sublette had 31; Johnson had 25; Platte had 23; Crook had 22; Hot Springs had 19; Weston had 17, and Niobrara had four.
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.
Increases in confirmed cases were reported in 20 counties. Campbell County reported 367 new cases. Campbell County also saw 235 new reports of recoveries on Friday.
The increase in confirmed cases brought the total seen since the coronavirus was first detected in Wyoming to 35,760.
The increase of 119 in probable cases brought the total seen since mid-March to 5,599.
The total number of recoveries reported among patients with either confirmed or probable cases since the pandemic began stood at 38,544 Friday.
