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HSC Covid-19 Incident Management Team Situation Report August 27, 2020 at 3:40pm
 
Reminder, Situation Reports will be posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays, unless urgent information becomes necessary.
 
FOR DAILY INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT health.wyo.gov

Governor Gordon has released the Eleventh Continuation of Statewide Public Health Orders. These orders will be effective September 1 through September 15.   The Tenth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Orders remain in effect through August 31.  These orders are posted below as well.

See below to view the entire documents. 

 

To date in Hot Springs County:

Lab Confirmed Cases:  25

Active: 5

Lab Confirmed-Recovered: 20

Current Probable: 0

Probable Recovered: 4


LOCAL NEWS:

Our five current cases all received positive test results in the last week.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT COVID-19 IS EVERYWHERE WORLDWIDE AND WE ARE ALL PART OF THIS. PRACTICE PRECAUTIONS AND DISTANCING FOR YOURSELF, FOR THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT AND FOR EVERYONE YOU MAY MEET THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

REMINDER: Please submit any Covid-19 questions you may have to the HSC Covid-19 Q&A page by emailing them  to : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For all back to school information please see the HSCSD#1 link. https://www.hotsprings1.org/

Please check the HSC Covid-19 Q&A page at https://www.hscounty.com/faq
for an explanation of why the numbers from CDC, Wyoming Dept of Health and HSC Public Health might not always agree at any given moment.
  

Covid-19 can be transmitted by someone before symptoms or without symptoms.  Social distancing remains a critical safeguard.  Please…wear a face covering if close contact with others is possible. 


Wyoming laboratory:

Confirmed cases to date:  3166

Probable:  556

Deaths:  37


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, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, 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.

The HSC COVID-19 Q&A is now in operation. Please submit questions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The answers will be posted on this website. Click on the tab labeled Hot Springs County COVID-19 Q&A. The questions will be answered by our CHO, Dr. Vernon Miller MD and our local healthcare providers.   


More Wyoming related COVID-19 information can be found: 

Wyoming Information Sharing Platform (WISP)

Wyoming Department of Health 



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