CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Health reported 1,251 new laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 during their 3 pm Monday, Nov. 23 update.
That is the highest number of confirmed cases reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic. Wyoming started to see a surge in COVID-19 cases around the middle of September. 21,881 of the overall 25,560 confirmed cases have been reported since Sept. 13.
11 probable cases were also reported on Monday, bringing the total to 3,871.
21 additional COVID-19 related deaths among Wyoming residents, including 9 Natrona County resident were reported on Thursday. The WDH reports a total of 176 COVID-19 related deaths among the state’s residents since the pandemic began.
Since Sept. 13, the WDH have reported 126 COVID-19 related deaths among the state’s residents. That equals about 72% of overall COVID-19 related deaths among Wyoming residents.
36 Natrona County residents have died after contracting the virus since the pandemic began.
As of Monday morning, Wyoming’s effective reproduction rate of the virus stood at 1.10, according to Rt.live. The number reflects the average number of new cases each case is expected to create. Anytime the effective reproduction rate is above 1.0, COVID-19 is expected to spread quickly.
The Wyoming Department of Health reported a record 235 COVID-19 patients in Wyoming hospitals on Sunday, Nov. 22. There were 232 COVID patients hospitalized on Monday.
There were 13 COVID-19 patients reported in Wyoming hospitals on Sept. 13. Monday’s 232 COVID patients is a 168% increase in the number of hospitalizations since Sept. 13.
607 new recoveries from a lab confirmed case were reported Monday, for a total of 15,078. An additional 38 probable case recoveries were also reported for a total of 2,374.
County-specific COVID-19 information is available from the Wyoming Department of Health. Total lab confirmed cases in each county (with probable cases in parentheses) are as follows:
- Albany: 2,728 (230)
- Big Horn: 403 (44)
- Campbell: 2,426 (205)
- Carbon: 578 (50)
- Converse: 376 (192)
- Crook: 263 (21)
- Fremont: 2,719 (357)
- Goshen: 534 (53)
- Hot Springs: 127 (11)
- Johnson: 194 (86)
- Laramie: 3,738 (685)
- Lincoln: 521 (79)
- Natrona: 3,693 (754)
- Niobrara: 43 (62)
- Park: 1,085 (114)
- Platte: 195 (103)
- Sheridan: 1,462 (289)
- Sublette: 287 (96)
- Sweetwater: 1,473 (75)
- Teton: 1,385 (48)
- Uinta: 752 (198)
- Washakie: 269 (56)
- Weston: 309 (63)
This article originally appeared on Oil City News. Used with permission.
The Wyoming Department of Health provides COVID-19 case, variant, death, testing, hospital and vaccine data online. The department also shares information about how the data can be interpreted. COVID-19 safety recommendations are available from the CDC.
