CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Health reported 924 new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases during their 3 pm Thursday, Nov. 12 update.
That is only the third time the state has reported more than 900 confirmed cases in a single day. A record 1,131 new lab confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday.
Wednesday was Veteran’s Day and the WDH reported only 76 new confirmed cases. Thursday’s 924 new confirmed cases bring the state total to 17,442 since the start of the pandemic. 181 probable cases were reported Thursday, bringing the total to 3,037.
7,493 cases in Wyoming remain active.
The WDH reported 13 additional COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday. 127 Wyoming residents who had COVID-19 have died during the pandemic. 38 of those deaths have been reported since Oct. 29.
The WDH reported a record 192 COVID-19 patients hospitalized across Wyoming on Thursday. COVID hospitalizations sharply increased throughout the month of October and into November. There were 27 COVID patients in Wyoming hospitals as of Oct. 1, according to the WDH. Wyoming saw more than 100 patients hospitalized due to COVID for the first time on Oct. 25.
The WDH reported 140 new lab confirmed cases in Natrona County on Thursday. The total stands at 2,310 since the start of the pandemic. Natrona saw 46 new probable cases reported Thursday, bringing the total to 548.
Health officials in Natrona County addressed the surging COVID-19 situation in a series of videos released last week. WMC interim CEO Dr. James Bleicher said the hospital is “doing everything we can to handle this extra load of patients”:
Casper-Natrona County Health Department Executive Director Anna Kinder said that cases are spread throughout the community. She added that long-term care facilities are dealing with cases and some residents of these facilities are at risk of dying:
Natrona County Health Officer Dr. Ghazi Ghanem highlighted the need for the community to take action to slow the spread of the virus:
WMC Chief of Staff Dr. Andy Dunn talked about what it is like working as a health care provider trying to treat COVID-19 in the community:
The average number of new lab confirmed COVID-19 cases per day in Wyoming as of Thursday is as follows:
- last 7 days: 373.8
- last 14 days: 423.7
- last 21 days: 393.5
Wyoming’s COVID cases began to surge in mid-September. Today’s average daily cases counts can compare with data from Sept. 15 as follows:
- 7 day average: 50.3
- 14 day average: 40.6
- 21 day average: 35.2
As of Thursday morning, Wyoming’s effective reproduction rate of the virus stood at 1.12, according to Rt.live. The number reflects the average number of new cases each case is expected to create. Anytime the effective reproduction rate is above 1.0, COVID-19 is expected to spread quickly.
316 new recoveries from lab confirmed cases and 35 new probable case recoveries were reported Thursday. A total of 9,949 people with a lab confirmed case and 1,636 with a probable case have recovered in Wyoming.
1,005 people with a lab confirmed cases and 224 people with a probable case have recovered in Natrona County.
County-specific COVID-19 information is available from the Wyoming Department of Health. Total lab confirmed cases in each county (with probable cases in parentheses) are as follows:
- Albany 2,078 (188)
- Big Horn 292 (35)
- Campbell 1,748 (146)
- Carbon 372 (40)
- Converse 282 (162)
- Crook 189 (17)
- Fremont 1,872 (283)
- Goshen 285 (34)
- Hot Springs 60 (9)
- Johnson 112 (59)
- Laramie 2,370 (601)
- Lincoln 387 (71)
- Natrona 2,310 (548)
- Niobrara 11 (37)
- Park 938 (104)
- Platte 149 (82)
- Sheridan 924 (247)
- Sublette 171 (68)
- Sweetwater 892 (52)
- Teton 1033 (33)
- Uinta 521 (143)
- Washakie 184 (19)
- Weston 262 (59)
