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Incident Management Team Situation Report November 19, 2020 at 5:00pm
 
Reminder, Situation Reports will be posted on Tuesdays and Thursdays, unless urgent information becomes necessary.
 
Governor Gordon has released the Sixteenth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Orders. These orders are unchanged from the Fifteenth Continuation but are effective November 16 through November 23.  Seventeenth Continuation Orders are expected any day and will go into effect on November 24th. 

See below to view the entire documents.

 

To date in Hot Springs County:

Lab Confirmed Cases:  94  

Active: 44  (Up 8 from yesterday)

Current Probable: 1

Lab Confirmed -Recovered: 50

Probable Recovered: 9

LOCAL NEWS:

NOTICE: In the last week alone there have been 36 new lab confirmed cases in our county. There have been 30 in the past 4 days.

Clarification on the exception for minors on the County Mask Orders:    When the minor is at work then the minor is required to follow the rules of the workplace which include following 1) The Hot Springs County Health Order requiring a face covering -and- 2) the current Wyoming State Health Order that applies to the type of business in question.
 

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.  

FREE HOME TEST KITS ARE AVAILABLE TO WYOMING RESIDENTS

To take advantage of the free testing, visit https://www.vaulthealth.com/covid and order a collection kit. The test order requires that you upload a photo of the person to be tested.  The $150 testing fee is waived for all kits shipped to a Wyoming address and all shipping is prepaid. The saliva is collected during a supervised, online telehealth visit with a Vault test supervisor, which requires an internet connection. Results are reported within 48 hours of when your sample arrives at the lab.   

If you are interested in statewide hospital reports  the COVID-19 Hospital Resources in Wyoming website may be of interest.  The top graph demonstrates the spikes in  Wyoming Coronavirus hospitalizations over the past few weeks. This represents ONLY patients who are too ill to stay home.  This graph does not represent those who are recovering at home.    

Hot Springs County Public Health wants to remind everyone the best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year. We recommend that pretty much everyone over the age of six months should get a seasonal flu shot. Call 307-864-3311 to schedule your appointment. WE WILL EVEN COME OUT TO YOUR CAR!

Wyoming laboratory:

Cases to date: 26,169

Probable:  3,880

Deaths:  176  (21 reported today)

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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