By Tim Mandese, Cowboy State Daily.
Wyoming’s active coronavirus case total decreased by 407 over the weekend.
The Wyoming Department of Health received reports of 1,435 recoveries among those with confirmed or probable cases between Friday and Monday.
At the same time, the state reported 826 new laboratory-confirmed and 202 new probable cases, leaving Wyoming with 3,125 active cases on Monday.
Twelve counties have more than 100 active cases, with six having more than 200.
Natrona County had 558; Freemont 309; Laramie 293; Campbell 246; Sheridan 236; Goshen 195; Park 161; Albany 144; Sweetwater and Uinta 133; Washakie 107; Carbon 101; Lincoln 86; Teton 73; Converse 69; Platte 68; Weston 47; Sublette 39; Big Horn 32 Crook and Johnson 26; Niobrara 25; had while Hot Springs reported the fewest active cases, with 18. No county reported zero active 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, 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 98,165 the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus since the first case was detected in Wyoming in March 2020. Of those, 93,960 have recovered.