COVID-19 Daily Update - July 18

According to Saturday's update from the Department of Health, Wyoming's total lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased by 35 and now stand at 1713.

Probable cases have increased by 4 to 395. There are currently 19 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wyoming.

Crook County has a total of 9 confirmed cases after 1 new case was identified yesterday. 7 have recovered.

24 people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Wyoming.

Weston County has 1 new coronavirus case; Carbon, Lincoln and Uinta counties each have 2 more cases; Albany and Laramie counties each have 3 more; Fremont County has 4 new cases; Sweetwater County reports 8 new cases; and Teton County has 10 more.

The number of active cases statewide is now 475, up 18 from yesterday.

Statewide, the department's current figures show that 1299 confirmed cases and 312 probable cases have recovered.

Of the six metrics devised by state government to make decisions regarding the pandemic, two are marked as concerning: the number of new cases and the total number of COVID-19 admissions reported by hospitals. All others are marked as stable, except the percentage of all tests that come back positive, which is said to be improved.