By Tim Mandese, Cowboy State Daily.
Wyoming’s active coronavirus case count decreased by 481 over the weekend.
The Wyoming Department of Health received reports over the weekend of 1,315 recoveries among those with confirmed or probable cases.
At the same time, the state reported 661 new laboratory-confirmed and 173 new probable cases, leaving Wyoming with 3,234 active cases for Monday
Thirteen counties have more than 100 active cases and seven have more than 200.
Natrona County had 651; Campbell 297; Laramie 279; Fremont 231; Park 215; Sheridan 213; Uinta 195; Sweetwater 163; Goshen 126; Lincoln 119; Washakie 109; Albany 105; Big Horn 103; Converse 82; Platte 64; Sublette 57; Carbon 55; Weston 44; Teton 43; Johnson 32; Crook had 29, while Niobrara and Hot Springs reported the fewest active cases, with 11.
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 95,137 the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus since the first case was detected in Wyoming in March 2020. Of those, 90,862 have recovered.
