Wyoming’s active coronavirus case total increased by 219 on Wednesday.
Wyoming Department of Health figures showed that the department received reports of 26 recoveries among those with confirmed or probable cases Wednesday.
At the same time, the state reported 134 new laboratory-confirmed and 111 new probable cases, leaving Wyoming with 2,321 active cases for Wednesday.
Seven counties have more than 100 active cases, with two having more than 400. Laramie County had 479; Natrona 451; Uinta 160; Albany 148; Fremont 127; Campbell 122; Sweetwater 120; Sheridan 92; Park 67; Goshen, Lincoln and Sublette 56; Johnson and Teton 55; Carbon 47; Platte 38; Niobrara 37; Converse 34; Big Horn 32; Washakie 31; Crook 30; Weston had 23, while Hot Springs reported five 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 108,658 the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus since the first case was detected in Wyoming in March 2020. Of those, 104,990 have recovered.
