By Tim Mandese, Cowboy State Daily.
Wyoming’s active coronavirus count decreased by 65 on Tuesday.
The Wyoming Department of Health received reports of 509 recoveries among those with confirmed or probable cases.
At the same time, the state reported 275 new laboratory-confirmed and 208 new probable cases, leaving Wyoming with 3,169 active cases for Tuesday
Eleven counties have more than 100 active cases and seven have more than 200.
Natrona County had 636; Campbell 291; Laramie 260; Fremont 248; Uinta 210; Sheridan 209; Park 186; Sweetwater 147; Goshen 129; Washakie 121; Lincoln 110; Albany 92; Converse 83; Big Horn 77; Sublette 68; Platte 63; Carbon 59; Weston 45; Teton 42; Johnson 33; Crook 32; Niobrara had 20, while Hot Springs reported the fewest active cases with eight.
Active cases are determined by adding the total confirmed and probable coronavirus cases diagnosed since the illness first surfaced in Wyoming on March 12, 2020, 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 new confirmed and probable cases brought to 95,620 the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus since the first case was detected in Wyoming in March 2020. Of those, 91,371 have recovered.
