HSC Covid-19 Incident Management Team Situation Report May 18, 2020 at 5:30pm
SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY, 5/13:
There have been 22 Covid 19 tests run in Hot Springs County (total tests since pandemic began, 75)
Positive tests 3 (total 5)
Negative tests 6 (total 54)
Pending results 13
Individuals asked to isolate at home 52 (total 103)
Wyoming Department of Health is utilizing contact tracing to conduct the investigation into anyone who may have had direct contact with the positive individuals. You will be contacted if you fall within that category. Please refer to this page for updates.
Wyoming laboratory confirmed cases are 566 and there have been eight (8) COVID-19 related deaths in Wyoming. Please note that any discrepancies you may see between Wyoming Department of Health and Hot Springs County numbers is due to the timing of the posts. Both sites post once daily.
Continue to be careful in all your activities. Do not let down your guard. Covid-19 is not gone. Please...continue working hard to protect yourself and others.
If you are having COVID-19 like symptoms and are uninsured, COVID-19 testing and the office visit costs will be covered under the Federal Cares Act. Please call your healthcare provider before arriving at the clinic. According to the CDC a wide range of COVID-19 symptoms include: fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell. These symptoms range from mild symptoms to severe illness. These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus.
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