Editor’s Note: This is a map of the active coronavirus cases in each Wyoming county. The number of active cases is determined by subtracting the total number of recoveries observed since the disease first came to Wyoming in mid-March from the total number of confirmed and probable cases diagnosed during the same time period and taking into account related deaths with the disease.
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By Jim Angell, Cowboy State Daily
New confirmed cases of coronavirus in 14 counties increased the total number of confirmed cases observed since the disease was first detected in the state to 1,644 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the number of patients who recovered from the virus since mid-March increased by 34 and the number of active cases in the state increased by five to a total of 464.
In its daily update, the Health Department said new confirmed cases were reported in Albany, Big Horn, Carbon, Crook, Fremont, Laramie, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, Sheridan, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton and Uinta counties. Teton County experienced the largest increase with 11.
As of Thursday, the total number of confirmed cases seen in Fremont County since mid-March totaled 360; Laramie County had 242; Uinta County had 175; Natrona and Teton counties had 148; Sweetwater County had 147; Park was 80; Campbell was 74; Albany was 47; Washakie was 38; Lincoln was 37; Sheridan was 29; Big Horn was 27, Johnson was 18; Carbon and Converse had 17; Crook and Hot Springs had nine; Goshen was eight; Sublette was seven; Platte and Weston had three, and Niobrara had one.
The number of recoveries seen since mid-March totaled 1,540 on Thursday, including 1,241 among patients with laboratory-confirmed cases and 299 patients with probable cases.
A recovery is defined as when a patient goes three days without fever and has seen improvements in respiratory problems.
A probable case is defined as one in which the patient has symptoms of coronavirus and has been in contact with someone with a confirmed case, but has not been examined. The state has seen 382 probable cases since mid-March, the Health Department said.
The combined numbers showed that Wyoming had 464 active cases, including 381 patients with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus and 83 with probable coronavirus.
Laramie County continued to have the highest number of active cases with 89; Fremont County had 87; Natrona County was 46; Park County was 40; Uinta County was 38; Teton County had 30; Sweetwater County was 26; Campbell was 22; Albany was 20; Big Horn was 19; Lincoln and Sheridan were 12; Carbon was nine; Washakie had three; Crook, Goshen, Johnson, Sublette and Weston counties had two, and Converse had one. Hot Springs, Niobrara and Platte counties remained free of any active coronavirus cases.
Active cases are determined by adding the total of confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus diagnosed since the disease first appeared in Wyoming on March 12, subtracting the number of recoveries during the same period among patients with confirmed and probable cases and taking into account counts the number of deaths attributed to the disease.
Although 24 Wyoming residents died as a result of the virus, two of those patients were living in Colorado at the time they were diagnosed with the disease and were not counted as confirmed cases in Wyoming.
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