Wyoming’s active coronavirus cases increased by 78 on Wednesday.
Wyoming Department of Health figures showed that the department received reports of 19 new recoveries among those with confirmed or probable cases.
At the same time, the state reported 85 new laboratory-confirmed and 12 new probable cases, leaving Wyoming with 506 active cases, up 78 from Tuesday
Laramie County reported the most cases, with 106; Teton County had 104; Fremont County had 58; Sweetwater had 47; Natrona had 34; Lincoln 28; Uinta 26; Campbell 19; Park 17; Albany 16; Carbon 12; Big Horn 10; Goshen eight; Sheridan seven; Platte six; Johnson three; Converse two; Hot Springs, Sublette and Weston had one case; while Crook, Niobrara, and Washakie each reported zero cases. Â
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 55,449 the number of people diagnosed with coronavirus since the first case was detected in Wyoming in March 2020.
Of those, 54,250 have recovered.
