JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Teton County Health Department today announced Teton County, Wyoming has moved back up into the Yellow (Low) Risk Level for COVID-19. This increase from the Green (New Normal) Risk Level has resulted from a shift in some of the local COVID-19 metrics, including an increase in new cases and the percentage of cases due to community spread.
As of July 13, Teton County has averaged 3.4 new cases per day for the past seven days. There have been 28 new cases in the past two weeks. Twenty-three of the new cases in the last two weeks have been in individuals who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The new cases for the last two weeks also included a cluster of COVID-19 cases who were unvaccinated and live in a congregate living setting for local employers.
The Teton County Health director Jodie Pond, MPH, stated, “It is more important than ever for those who are eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19. With new more contagious variants continuing to develop, the COVID-19 vaccines are our best preventative measure to stop not only the spread of COVID-19 but also the occurrence of new variants. Each time the virus replicates the more likely we are to see new, more contagious variants.”
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