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COVID-19 Daily Update - November 29

Wyoming's total lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased by 514 since yesterday and now stand at 28,252. Probable cases have increased by 46 to 4237.

Crook County has had a total of 278 confirmed cases and 22 probables after 1 new confirmed case was reported today. Of those cases, 58 confirmed and 2 probable are currently active.

215 people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Wyoming. Crook County has recorded 5 deaths.

A total of 19,977 confirmed and 3045 probable cases have recovered.

The highest increase in cases on Saturday was in Laramie County, which reported 189; Fremont County had 62; Teton County had 39 new cases; Sheridan County saw 33; Campbell County had 30; Sweetwater County had 29; Goshen County had 24 new cases; Natrona County had 21; Park County had 14.

Albany, Lincoln and Washakie counties each reported ten new cases; Converse County had nine; Carbon and Sublette counties both reported seven; Niobrara and Platte counties had six cases; Big Horn County had five; Uinta County had two; and Crook County had one new case.

The number of active coronavirus cases in Wyoming on Friday was 9252, an increase of 336 over yesterday's 8916.

Of the statewide metrics used to make decisions regarding the virus, five of six are marked as "concerning": the percentage of all tests with a positive result over the last two weeks, new cases and total reported hospital admissions due to COVID-19, total hospital bed availability and total ICU bed availability.

The sixth metric is marked as "stable" (amber level): percentage of cases attributed to community spread.