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According to Monday's update from the Department of Health, Wyoming's total lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased by 62 and now stand at 1790.
Probable cases have decreased by 1 to 397. There are currently 13 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wyoming.
Crook County has a total of 9 confirmed cases. 7 have recovered.
24 people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Wyoming.
Sheridan and Uinta counties each report just 1 new coronavirus case; Carbon County has 2 more; Campbell and Natrona counties each have 3 more cases; Fremont and Lincoln counties each have 5 more cases; Sweetwater County has 8 more cases; Laramie County has 10 more; and Teton County has 15 new covid cases.
Statewide, the department's current figures show that 1336 confirmed cases and 316 probable cases have recovered.
The total number of active cases in the state is 513, up 24 from yesterday.
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.