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COVID-19 Daily Update - August 3

According to Monday's update from the Department of Health, Wyoming's total lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased by 31 and now stand at 2364.

Probable cases have increased by 9 to 484. There are currently 19 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wyoming.

Crook County has had a total of 9 confirmed cases. All have recovered.

27 people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Wyoming, with 1 new death reported today.

Of the confirmed cases, 1835 are now reported to have recovered, and 379 of the probable cases.

Albany, Campbell, Natrona and Sheridan counties each reported an increase of 1 coronavirus case. Goshen, Sweetwater and Uinta counties each have 3 new cases; Carbon County and Teton County each have 4 new cases; Laramie County has 5; Fremont County has 6 more cases.

The health department also reports a decrease of 1 case in Lincoln County

The total number of active coronavirus cases statewide is now 609, down 2 from yesterday's 611.

Of the statewide metrics used to make decisions regarding the virus, "Total ICU Bed Availability" has been downgraded from improved to stable (green to amber level). All other metrics are also at this level, except new cases and total reported hospital admissions due to COVID-19, which are both marked as "concerning" (red level).