Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Wyoming's total lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased by 261 since yesterday and now stand at 39,476. Probable cases have increased by 17 to 6692.
Crook County has had a total of 362 confirmed cases and 30 probables after 1 new confirmed case was reported today. Of those cases, 5 confirmed and 1 probable are currently active.
489 people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Wyoming after 25 more deaths were reported today, including 2 in Crook County. According to the Wyoming Department of Health:
An older adult Crook County woman died last month. She was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
An older adult Crook County woman died in November. She was a resident of a local long-term care facility and had health conditions recognized as putting patients at higher risk of serious illness related to COVID-19.
Crook County has now recorded 9 deaths.
A total of 37,569 confirmed and 6290 probable cases have recovered.
The largest increase in coronavirus cases was again in Laramie County, which reported 69; Uinta County had 50; Sweetwater County had 25; Natrona County had 22; Sheridan County had 20 new cases; Teton County had 18; Lincoln County saw 12 more; Albany County had ten; Big Horn County had eight; Carbon and Goshen counties reported five new cases each; Fremont and Weston counties each had four; Hot Springs County had three; Campbell and Washakie counties had two new cases; Converse, Crook, Park and Sublette counties all had one new case. Johnson County had no new cases.
The number of active coronavirus cases in the state was 1784, an increase of 242 over yesterday's 1542.