CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) reported 71 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 during their 3 pm Tuesday, April 6 update.
There have been 47,931 total confirmed cases in Wyoming since the pandemic began. Probable cases rose by 27 to 8,688.
Two additional confirmed cases were reported Tuesday in Natrona County, which has seen a total of 5,849 confirmed cases. Probable cases rose by two to 1,981.
The number of hospitalized due to COVID-19 dropped rose by one since Monday to 18, according to the WDH. Hospitalizations peaked in Wyoming on Nov. 30, 2020 at 247.
There have been 701 COVID related deaths since the pandemic began, according to WDH.
Statewide, 46,974 people with a confirmed case of COVID have reportedly recovered, along with 8,546 people with a probable case. In Natrona County, 5,711 people with a confirmed case of COVID have reportedly recovered, along with 1,960 people with a probable case.
“A lab confirmed or probable case is defined as recovered when there is resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and there is improvement in respiratory symptoms (e.g. cough, shortness of breath) for 24 hours AND at least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared,” the WDH says. “Cases with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 who have not had any symptoms are considered recovered when at least 10 days have passed since the date of their first positive test and have had no subsequent illness provided they remain asymptomatic.”
WDH Public Information Officer Kim Deti explained that the department marks people as recovered once their isolation order date has expired. People who test positive are asked to remain in isolation until 10 days since their first symptoms or 10 days after their test was taken, or longer if they are still showing symptoms.
If people need to be isolated longer than their initial isolation period, they can contact the WDH who can extend their isolation order. Deti said that in some cases, contact tracing informs whether a case is considered recovered while in others, the department counts someone as covered after their isolation period concludes.
County-specific COVID-19 information is available from the Wyoming Department of Health. Confirmed cases by county are as follows (probable cases in parentheses):
- Albany: 3,603 (403)
- Big Horn: 903 (211)
- Campbell: 4,255 (497)
- Carbon: 1,382 (136)
- Converse: 512 (472)
- Crook: 391 (33)
- Fremont: 4,276 (810)
- Goshen: 1,083 (90)
- Hot Springs: 269 (93)
- Johnson: 423 (291)
- Laramie: 7,317 (1,392)
- Lincoln: 1,164 (209)
- Natrona: 5,849 (1,981)
- Niobrara: 67 (83)
- Park: 2,493 (151)
- Platte: 398 (213)
- Sheridan: 2,445 (639)
- Sublette: 582 (141)
- Sweetwater: 3,907 (153)
- Teton: 3,559 (81)
- Uinta: 1,815 (320)
- Washakie: 699 (193)
- Weston: 539 (96)
