The coronavirus pandemic continues to kill residents throughout the Cowboy State, with the Wyoming Department of Health claiming COVID-19 killed 26 Tuesday evening. Three Sweetwater County residents were included in the total.
According to data from the WDH, COVID-19 has caused 464 deaths out of 38,954 lab-confirmed cases and 6,615 probable cases reported since the pandemic started. A probable case involves a person who exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 and was in contact with someone who tested positive for the disease, but was not tested themselves. According to the Wyoming News Exchange, most of the deaths occurred in older residents and took place across 13 counties.
The Department of Health, in its daily coronavirus update, reported 212 new laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus and 110 new probable cases.
The number of reported recoveries among those with confirmed or probable cases, meanwhile, went up by 143, leaving the state with 1,542 active cases, an increase of 153 from Monday.
Laramie County had 229 active cases; Natrona County had 215; Park County had 125; Campbell County had 115; Sheridan County had 106; Sweetwater had 99.
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Elsewhere in the state, Teton had 86; Uinta had 80; Lincoln had 78; Big Horn had 67; Albany and Fremont both had 66; Converse had 37; Platte had 33; Sublette had 25; Carbon had 24; Hot Springs had 22; Washakie had 21; Johnson had 18; Goshen had 15; Weston had 11; Crook had three, and Niobrara had one.
Total recoveries among those with confirmed and probable cases stood at 43,563 since the pandemic began.
Of that number, Sweetwater County accounts for 2,943 recoveries.
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