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COVID-19 Numbers as of 3:00 p.m. Aug. 18
The Wyoming Department of Health reports the state has had 2,850 confirmed cases of COVID-19 — an increase of 21 in 24 hours — and 34 deaths in the state resulting from COVID-19, adding one in 24 hours.
Fremont County has the most cases of any county in the state with 472 confirmed cases and 13 deaths, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.
Sheridan County reports 69 confirmed cases of COVID-19 — an increase of 3 in 24 hours — and 1 death.
Johnson County increased by 1 confirmed case in 24 hours and now has 21 confirmed cases. Johnson County has experienced 1 death resulting from the coronavirus.
Thomas Jones
August 18, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Can I expect a running total of flu cases and deaths when flu season begins?
Ryan martin
August 18, 2020 at 5:57 pm
The death in Johnson county should not count purely because the deceased had terminal cancer and had a heart attack I understand that because he had covid they mark it as a covid death which gives people the wrong Imoression as for the guy who died in town he wasn’t even a resident so I personally don’t count that one whatsoever so really in my mind there’s not a truly death here or Johnson county just positive cases and we a a community should focus more on the recovery status thank you
Mike Kuzara
August 20, 2020 at 10:14 am
The PCR test (polymerace chain reaction) process which is used to confirm Covid 19 virus has still not produced or much less isolated a virus that could be pointed to as the “gold Standard”. Science dictates that proof of a thing requires isolating, identifying, infecting a healthy host to produce symptoms that prove beyond doubt that you have the actual culprit. So far this has not been done. The parameters for test results are wildly different across the globe. Victims with symptoms are immediatly assumed to have the Novel virus and are therefore not even tested for things like bacterial pneumonia. an ordinary cold, or flu or a host of other possibilities. The driving factor for Covid 19 “diagnosis” is the “bounty” that the reporting entity gets paid for labeling as case as Covid which is ridiculous since no one has successfully isolated a proven sample.
Gary
August 19, 2020 at 10:31 am
How about a daily report of active unresolved cases in Sheridan County. Good local data seems hard to find.