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COVID-19 Daily Update - August 14

Wyoming's total lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 have increased today by 67 and now stand at 2694. Probable cases have decreased by 3 to 489.

There are currently 13 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wyoming.

Crook County has had a total of 11 confirmed cases after 1 new case was identified today. The remaining 10 have recovered.

30 people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Wyoming after 1 new death was reported yesterday.

A total of 2222 confirmed and 419 probable cases have recovered.

Carbon, Crook, Goshen and Uinta counties each reported 1 new laboratory-confirmed case; Albany County saw 2 new cases; Sheridan County had 4 new cases; Laramie, Natrona, Park and Sweetwater counties reported 5 new cases each; Campbell County had 7 new cases; Teton County reported 8 new cases; Washakie County had 9 new cases, and Fremont County saw 14 new cases.

The Department of Health reduced the number of confirmed cases in Converse County by one.

The total number of active coronavirus cases statewide is now 514, up 24 from Thursday.

Of the statewide metrics used to make decisions regarding the virus, all metrics are "stable" (amber level), except new cases and total reported hospital admissions due to COVID-19, which are both marked as "concerning" (red level).

Please note that any positive cases from visitors to the county will not be reflected in these statistics. We will strive to share such information as it becomes available, whenever possible.