COVID-19 News Update: October 11, 2021

October 11, 2021

ROCK SPRING, WYOMING — Sweetwater County School District Number One reports 22 new positive COVID-19 cases during the eighth week of school October 4 – 7, 2021. This is down 1 from the previous week, according to Kelly McGovern.

Western Wyoming Community College has had 5 new cases as of October 11, 2021. There are 6 total active cases and 44 recovered cases for the Fall 2021 semester.

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: 29
Number of new cases of COVID-19 in Wyoming since the last report: 661

The number of lab-confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Sweetwater County: 136
The number of lab-confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Wyoming: 2,328

Total number of variant cases (Delta) in Sweetwater County: 147
Total number of variant cases (All) in Wyoming: 3,910



HOSPITALIZATION INFORMATION

Total number of COVID-19 related hospitalization in Wyoming: 223
Total number of COVID-19 related hospitalization in Sweetwater County: 11

VACCINATION INFORMATION

First Vaccine Doses Administered Statewide (Pfizer/Moderna): 239,460
Second Vaccine Doses Administered Statewide (Pfizer/Moderna): 211,850
Third Vaccine Doses Administered Statewide (Pfizer/Moderna): 14,598

One-Dose Vaccine Doses Administered (J&J Janssen): 19,769

Total Doses Administered: 485,677



IMPORTANT LINKS

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.