EVANSTON — The Wyoming Department of Health and Uinta County Public Health Office have been notified of the first known and laboratory confirmed case of corona virus in Uinta County.

The patient is an adult male and has been isolated in their home, and is recovering well, according to information on the Uinta County Public Health Facebook page. The testing was performed in Evanston.

WDH and Uinta County Public Health are following up to monitor and learn more about the person’s exposure risk and identify and communicate with anyone who may have been in close contact with the patient. Known contacts will be monitored for symptoms and tested if needed.

This brings total case count in Wyoming to 138.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. For more information, please call Uinta County Public Health – Evanston: 789-9203 or Lyman 787-3800. Also, see cdc.gov or health.wyo.gov.