COVID-19 News Update: February 11, 2022

SWEETWATER COUNTY — Public Health continues to offer COVID-19 vaccinations. On February 15, 2022, the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will meet to discuss a request to amend Pfizer’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the administration of their COVID-19 vaccine to children 6 months through 4 years of age. If approved the ACIP will schedule a meeting to review and make their recommendations to the CDC. Once that is complete, the CDC will make a final determination and we will send an update on that decision.

The following information is from the Wyoming Department of Health. New updates are posted every day at 3 p.m.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES

New cases of COVID-19 in Sweetwater County since the last report: 27
Number of new cases of COVID-19 in Wyoming since the last report: 302

The number of lab-confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Sweetwater County: 145
The number of lab-confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Wyoming: 1,342

TOTAL NUMBER OF VARIANT CASES

Total number of variant cases (Delta) in Sweetwater County: 528
Total number of variant cases (Omicron) in Wyoming: 933
Total number of variant cases (All) in Wyoming: 9,876

VACCINATED VS. UNVACCINATED HOSPITALIZATIONS (Feb. 8, 2022)

Vaccinated Hospitalization in Sweetwater County: 10
Unvaccinated Hospitalization in Sweetwater County: 72
Vaccinated Hospitalization in Wyoming: 316
Unvaccinated Hospitalization in Wyoming: 1,636
Vaccinated Deaths in Wyoming: 142
Unvaccinated Death in Wyoming: 704

HOSPITALIZATION INFORMATION

Total number of COVID-19 related hospitalization in Wyoming: 104
Total number of COVID-19 related hospitalization in Sweetwater County: 3

VACCINATION INFORMATION (Feb. 10, 2022)

First Vaccine Doses Administered Statewide (Pfizer/Moderna): 266,028
Second Vaccine Doses Administered Statewide (Pfizer/Moderna): 237,005
Third Vaccine Doses Administered Statewide (Pfizer/Moderna): 107,643

Pediatric Doses (1st & 2nd) Administered Statewide: 13,320

First Vaccine Doses Administered (J&J Janssen): 22,262
Second Vaccine Doses Administered (J&J Janssen): 1,462

Total Doses Administered: 647,720

TRANSMISSION RATES

From the Sweetwater County Public Health — Attached is a side-by-side comparison of the Transmission Indicators by County that were published 2/10 and 2/3. Sweetwater County has a decrease from 18.8%  to 14.7% in the Test Percent Positivity column. Sweetwater remains in the Red Zone with high transmission levels but our positive cases are trending down.

IMPORTANT LINKS

Omicron Variant found in Wyoming – More information can be found HERE.

COVID-19 Booster Shots – More information can be found HERE.

FDA fully approves 1st Covid-19 vaccine – For more information, click HERE. 

The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine has been approved for continued use. Please see the FDA & CDC Joint Press release for more information.

Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools – CLICK HERE to see the new CDC Guidance for K-12.

Funeral Expenses (There is funding from FEMA for funeral cost assistance) – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

News from OSHA Guidelines: 

• Guidance (OSHA Guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace) – CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.
• News Release (OSHA issuing an emergency temporary standard to protect health care workers from the coronavirus.) – CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.