6,385 New COVID-19 Cases, 91,270 Tests In Past Week

Wisconsin recorded 953 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.  That’s according to data released by the Department of Health Services that covers a 24-hour window.

A total of 14,201 tests were processed, yielding a one-day positive case rate of 6.71 percent. The seven and 14-day averages both stand at 7.00 percent. The figure measures the percentage of tests that confirm a new case.

Officials have looked for the positive case rate to trend downward as testing increases as an indication of a slowing of the disease spread and an adequate amount of tests being administered. But the 14-day average has climbed steadily from a pandemic low of 2.69 percent on June 19th.

A total of 91,270 tests have been processed in the past week, the highest total throughout the pandemic. The two-week daily testing average has climbed to 12,444 tests per day.

Data on active hospitalizations remains elusive. A message on the Wisconsin Hospital Association dashboard said the organization is making changes to accommodate “recently announced requirements from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We are working to make any disruption as short and minimal as possible.” A figure of 312 was reported yesterday and 209 today, the latter of which would be a 100-day low, but likely owes more to a data issue than a surge in the number of people recovering from serious bouts of the disease.

DHS did report that 41 people were newly hospitalized in excess of the 30-day average of 35. A total of 4,370 Wisconsin residents have required hospitalization over the course of the outbreak.

A total of 13 new deaths were recorded, pushing the outbreak total to 891. An average of 4.17 deaths per day have been reported over the past 30 days, below the 100-day average of 6.94.

Over half of the new cases in the past 30 days have been in individuals under the age of 40. Over the past month, one-third of new cases have been people in their 20s. Younger people have substantially lower hospitalization and death rates from the disease.

A total of 47,870 people have tested positive for the disease since the outbreak began, with 21,643 of those coming in the past 30 days and 6,385 in the past week. DHS reports that 78 percent of individuals with a confirmed case have “recovered,” as defined by a documented abatement of symptoms or a diagnosis over 30 days ago. The percent fell from a high of 79 as a surge in new cases was reported.

Milwaukee County continues to have the worst outbreak in the state, both in total number and per-capita rate.

According to DHS data, 1,871.8 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 (up from 1,837.9) since the outbreak began. Racine County has 1,474.9 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 1,452.9), Brown County, which is anchored by Green Bay, has 1,437.7 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 1,419.6).

Kenosha (1,324.2), Walworth (994), Trempealeau (869.6), Iron (790.6), Rock (790.6), Waukesha (717.8), Dane (713.6), Dodge (693.8), Forest (632.1) and La Crosse (615.2) are the only other counties with more than 600 cases per 100,000 residents.

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 828.4 (up from 811.9 yesterday).

Charts and Maps

Percent of COVID-19 cases by hospitalization status

Hospitalization status	Number of confirmed cases as of 7/25/2020	Percent of confirmed cases as of 7/25/2020
Ever hospitalized	4,368	9%
Never hospitalized	27,390	57%
Unknown	16,112	34%
Total	47,870	100%

Percent of COVID-19 cases resulting in hospitalization within age group

Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by gender

Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by race

Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by ethnicity

Number of positive cases and deaths by county

Wisconsin County	Positive as of 7/25/2020	Negative as of 7/25/2020	Deaths as of 7/25/2020	Rate (positive cases per 100,000 people) as of 7/25/2020	Case fatality percentage (percent of cases who died) as of 7/25/2020
Adams	60	2,174	2	298.9	3%
Ashland	14	1,528	0	89.1	0%
Barron	99	4,820	2	218.8	2%
Bayfield	16	1,697	1	106.7	6%
Brown	3,735	40,972	50	1437.7	1%
Buffalo	36	1,441	2	273.4	6%
Burnett	9	1,330	1	59.0	11%
Calumet	214	5,002	2	429.7	1%
Chippewa	188	9,281	0	295.4	0%
Clark	156	3,246	7	452.3	4%
Columbia	187	8,326	1	328.3	1%
Crawford	51	3,028	0	313.1	0%
Dane	3,781	106,289	33	713.6	1%
Dodge	609	14,198	5	693.8	1%
Door	82	3,771	3	298.8	4%
Douglas	89	3,898	0	205.1	0%
Dunn	85	4,855	0	191.0	0%
Eau Claire	433	12,692	3	420.4	1%
Florence	5	525	0	115.3	0%
Fond du Lac	480	13,024	6	469.1	1%
Forest	57	813	4	632.1	7%
Grant	282	7,961	14	544.1	5%
Green	119	4,152	1	322.8	1%
Green Lake	49	2,194	0	261.2	0%
Iowa	56	3,518	0	237.1	0%
Iron	47	701	1	822.4	2%
Jackson	37	4,721	1	180.4	3%
Jefferson	504	10,648	4	595.4	1%
Juneau	98	5,237	1	370.9	1%
Kenosha	2,229	23,851	50	1324.2	2%
Kewaunee	99	2,186	1	486.2	1%
La Crosse	725	15,536	1	615.2	0%
Lafayette	98	2,023	0	585.6	0%
Langlade	26	1,810	1	135.7	4%
Lincoln	52	2,861	0	186.7	0%
Manitowoc	228	8,976	1	287.1	0%
Marathon	466	10,607	4	344.5	1%
Marinette	226	6,058	3	557.5	1%
Marquette	66	1,621	1	434.0	2%
Menominee	17	1,542	0	371.3	0%
Milwaukee	17,861	155,657	427	1871.8	2%
Monroe	174	6,249	1	382.4	1%
Oconto	137	5,175	0	364.8	0%
Oneida	62	3,870	0	175.4	0%
Outagamie	922	22,155	12	499.0	1%
Ozaukee	459	9,071	16	519.9	3%
Pepin	38	886	0	523.3	0%
Pierce	146	4,031	0	350.9	0%
Polk	95	5,103	2	219.2	2%
Portage	318	7,792	0	450.4	0%
Price	19	1,628	0	140.8	0%
Racine	2,881	38,434	72	1474.4	2%
Richland	21	2,397	4	119.7	19%
Rock	1,279	21,687	25	790.6	2%
Rusk	13	1,124	1	91.7	8%
Sauk	273	10,641	3	429.3	1%
Sawyer	21	2,296	0	128.3	0%
Shawano	127	5,442	0	309.7	0%
Sheboygan	464	13,458	5	402.8	1%
St. Croix	386	9,246	2	439.1	1%
Taylor	39	1,563	0	191.6	0%
Trempealeau	256	4,426	1	869.6	0%
Vernon	47	3,398	0	154.0	0%
Vilas	22	1,875	0	101.9	0%
Walworth	1,024	13,145	21	994.0	2%
Washburn	9	1,569	0	57.4	0%
Washington	675	11,944	19	501.7	3%
Waukesha	2,863	42,387	43	717.8	2%
Waupaca	275	6,655	14	534.6	5%
Waushara	62	4,723	0	257.1	0%
Winnebago	931	23,493	16	547.9	2%
Wood	161	7,895	1	219.7	1%
Total	47,870	808,528	891	828.4	2%