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COVID-19 Daily Update - August 4

According to Tuesday's update from the Department of Health, Wyoming's total lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased by 28 and now stand at 2392.

Probable cases have increased by 8 to 492. There are currently 17 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wyoming.

Crook County has had a total of 10 confirmed cases. One new case was added today after having been accidentally added to another county's tally. All have recovered.

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

Of the confirmed cases, 1900 are now reported to have recovered, and 384 of the probable cases.

New cases were reported in Carbon, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Goshen, Laramie, Lincoln, Natrona, Sheridan, Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton, Uinta and Washakie counties. The largest increases were seen in Natrona, Teton and Washakie counties, which each reported 4 new confirmed cases.

The total number of active coronavirus cases statewide is now 575, down 34 from yesterday's 609.

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).