Over 100,000 Wisconsin Residents Have Contracted COVID-19
Threshold crossed as state sees record surge in cases.
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.
Wisconsin eclipsed the 100,000 case threshold for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
That’s according to data released Sunday afternoon by the Department of Health Services. But the total does not reflect individuals with a positive case that was never confirmed by testing, an issue that was particularly pronounced earlier in the outbreak was testing was limited.
DHS reported that 1,665 people tested positive in the past 24 hours, the lowest total reported in four days. But prior to the four-day stretch the total would have been a one-day record.
The new cases come from 8,320 processed tests. The number of tests processed in the past seven days has climbed to 73,686, the highest total since August 14th. A high of 99,920 was recorded for the week ending August 6th.
And while testing isn’t at an all-time high, cases are. The seven-day case total hit 12,042. The high before September brought a surge of cases with it was 6,512 for the week of July 26th.
Officials have looked for the positive case rate to trend downward to indicate a slowing spread of disease and sufficient testing. Multiple public health benchmarks call for the positive case figure to be sustained under five percent. During an appearance before the Milwaukee Press Club, last Wednesday Governor Tony Evers called the five percent figure a “golden target” and encouraged more people to get tested.
A lagging indicator of the disease’s spread, hospitalizations, is again trending upward.
A total of 407 Wisconsin residents are actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association COVID-19 dashboard. The figure is up 45 from Saturday and 94 from a week ago. DHS reports that 34 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours, bringing the outbreak total to 6,619.
One death was reported by DHS, bringing the statewide total to 1,242. There have been 521 deaths recorded in Milwaukee County. An average of 5.8 deaths per day have been reported across the state over the past 30 days.
Brown County has recorded 2,874.8 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 2,842.6). According to DHS data, 2,843.9 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 (up from 2,821.9) since the outbreak began. Walworth County has a rate of 2,366.1 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 2,359.3).
Iron (2,327.2), Forest (2,319.8), Racine (2,266.9), La Crosse (2,170.1), Kenosha (1,950.3) and Outgamie (1,918.4) are the only other counties with more than 1,900 cases per 100,000 residents.
The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 1,751 (up from 1,722.2). Wisconsin has recorded a per-capita rate of 269.6 per 100,000 in the past two weeks according to the DHS activity level report released Wednesday.
A total of 101,227 residents have tested positive for the disease.
Charts and Maps
Data from DHS.
Percent of COVID-19 cases by hospitalization status
| Hospitalization status | Number of confirmed cases as of 9/20/2020 | Percent of confirmed cases as of 9/20/2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Ever hospitalized | 6,653 | 7% |
| Never hospitalized | 57,884 | 57% |
| Unknown | 36,690 | 36% |
| Total | 101,227 | 100% |
Percent of COVID-19 cases resulting in hospitalization within age group
Data from DHS.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by gender
Data from DHS.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by race
Data from DHS.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by ethnicity
Data from DHS.
Number of positive cases and deaths by county
| Number of confirmed cases | Number of negatives* | Number of probable cases | Number of deaths** | Cases per 100,000 people (counties) |
Case fatality percentage***
|
||
| Adams | 9/20/2020 | 200 | 3,666 | 14 | 3 | 975.8 | 1.50% |
| Ashland | 9/20/2020 | 61 | 2,356 | 7 | 2 | 384.5 | 3.30% |
| Barron | 9/20/2020 | 420 | 8,356 | 21 | 4 | 915.4 | 1.00% |
| Bayfield | 9/20/2020 | 82 | 2,704 | 8 | 1 | 539.3 | 1.20% |
| Brown | 9/20/2020 | 7,484 | 65,674 | 171 | 59 | 2,874.80 | 0.80% |
| Buffalo | 9/20/2020 | 119 | 2,366 | 4 | 2 | 880.9 | 1.70% |
| Burnett | 9/20/2020 | 122 | 2,536 | 4 | 3 | 789.8 | 2.50% |
| Calumet | 9/20/2020 | 869 | 9,271 | 35 | 2 | 1,688.20 | 0.20% |
| Chippewa | 9/20/2020 | 476 | 13,728 | 24 | 0 | 741.2 | 0.00% |
| Clark | 9/20/2020 | 325 | 5,195 | 27 | 8 | 935.5 | 2.50% |
| Columbia | 9/20/2020 | 506 | 13,818 | 45 | 2 | 885.7 | 0.40% |
| Crawford | 9/20/2020 | 138 | 4,238 | 4 | 0 | 833.6 | 0.00% |
| Dane | 9/20/2020 | 8,815 | 186,173 | 453 | 41 | 1,667.90 | 0.50% |
| Dodge | 9/20/2020 | 1,600 | 21,614 | 23 | 9 | 1,793.60 | 0.60% |
| Door | 9/20/2020 | 236 | 6,346 | 15 | 3 | 841.3 | 1.30% |
| Douglas | 9/20/2020 | 378 | 7,139 | 7 | 0 | 861.6 | 0.00% |
| Dunn | 9/20/2020 | 377 | 7,821 | 21 | 0 | 842 | 0.00% |
| Eau Claire | 9/20/2020 | 1,586 | 21,014 | 20 | 6 | 1,541.40 | 0.40% |
| Florence | 9/20/2020 | 63 | 808 | 0 | 0 | 1,425.00 | 0.00% |
| Fond du Lac | 9/20/2020 | 1,713 | 21,912 | 45 | 13 | 1,657.10 | 0.80% |
| Forest | 9/20/2020 | 213 | 1,487 | 2 | 4 | 2,319.80 | 1.90% |
| Grant | 9/20/2020 | 821 | 12,550 | 40 | 19 | 1,567.60 | 2.30% |
| Green | 9/20/2020 | 436 | 7,519 | 20 | 2 | 1,182.70 | 0.50% |
| Green Lake | 9/20/2020 | 195 | 3,520 | 42 | 0 | 1,021.60 | 0.00% |
| Iowa | 9/20/2020 | 150 | 5,113 | 24 | 0 | 630.3 | 0.00% |
| Iron | 9/20/2020 | 136 | 1,434 | 7 | 1 | 2,327.20 | 0.70% |
| Jackson | 9/20/2020 | 107 | 6,238 | 3 | 1 | 518.3 | 0.90% |
| Jefferson | 9/20/2020 | 1,214 | 18,054 | 72 | 7 | 1,433.70 | 0.60% |
| Juneau | 9/20/2020 | 326 | 8,036 | 4 | 2 | 1,211.50 | 0.60% |
| Kenosha | 9/20/2020 | 3,281 | 36,256 | 382 | 65 | 1,950.30 | 2.00% |
| Kewaunee | 9/20/2020 | 381 | 3,445 | 6 | 2 | 1,845.60 | 0.50% |
| La Crosse | 9/20/2020 | 2,568 | 23,777 | 138 | 2 | 2,170.10 | 0.10% |
| Lafayette | 9/20/2020 | 217 | 3,262 | 5 | 0 | 1,285.30 | 0.00% |
| Langlade | 9/20/2020 | 131 | 3,167 | 1 | 2 | 662.4 | 1.50% |
| Lincoln | 9/20/2020 | 136 | 4,406 | 10 | 1 | 478.2 | 0.70% |
| Manitowoc | 9/20/2020 | 861 | 13,870 | 51 | 2 | 1,072.80 | 0.20% |
| Marathon | 9/20/2020 | 1,054 | 19,754 | 93 | 14 | 782.2 | 1.30% |
| Marinette | 9/20/2020 | 732 | 9,298 | 19 | 7 | 1,788.10 | 1.00% |
| Marquette | 9/20/2020 | 190 | 2,916 | 8 | 1 | 1,235.50 | 0.50% |
| Menominee | 9/20/2020 | 47 | 2,236 | 0 | 0 | 1,072.60 | 0.00% |
| Milwaukee | 9/20/2020 | 26,860 | 244,971 | 1,630 | 521 | 2,843.90 | 1.90% |
| Monroe | 9/20/2020 | 392 | 9,550 | 12 | 2 | 852.2 | 0.50% |
| Oconto | 9/20/2020 | 662 | 8,247 | 37 | 4 | 1,743.80 | 0.60% |
| Oneida | 9/20/2020 | 334 | 7,671 | 6 | 2 | 930 | 0.60% |
| Outagamie | 9/20/2020 | 3,526 | 37,999 | 219 | 27 | 1,918.40 | 0.80% |
| Ozaukee | 9/20/2020 | 1,217 | 17,233 | 94 | 19 | 1,377.30 | 1.60% |
| Pepin | 9/20/2020 | 55 | 1,361 | 2 | 0 | 748.4 | 0.00% |
| Pierce | 9/20/2020 | 388 | 7,107 | 213 | 6 | 931.9 | 1.50% |
| Polk | 9/20/2020 | 218 | 8,336 | 6 | 2 | 496.6 | 0.90% |
| Portage | 9/20/2020 | 1,169 | 12,126 | 43 | 4 | 1,653.00 | 0.30% |
| Price | 9/20/2020 | 52 | 2,401 | 2 | 0 | 376.6 | 0.00% |
| Racine | 9/20/2020 | 4,425 | 61,733 | 407 | 94 | 2,266.90 | 2.10% |
| Richland | 9/20/2020 | 92 | 4,191 | 11 | 4 | 519.4 | 4.30% |
| Rock | 9/20/2020 | 2,231 | 34,138 | 187 | 32 | 1,392.10 | 1.40% |
| Rusk | 9/20/2020 | 49 | 2,127 | 6 | 1 | 337.1 | 2.00% |
| Sauk | 9/20/2020 | 805 | 18,509 | 57 | 3 | 1,284.20 | 0.40% |
| Sawyer | 9/20/2020 | 195 | 4,350 | 0 | 1 | 1,176.90 | 0.50% |
| Shawano | 9/20/2020 | 574 | 8,706 | 5 | 1 | 1,391.20 | 0.20% |
| Sheboygan | 9/20/2020 | 1,443 | 21,559 | 52 | 14 | 1,260.10 | 1.00% |
| St. Croix | 9/20/2020 | 810 | 14,867 | 60 | 8 | 918.7 | 1.00% |
| Taylor | 9/20/2020 | 151 | 2,634 | 3 | 3 | 733.7 | 2.00% |
| Trempealeau | 9/20/2020 | 531 | 6,307 | 17 | 2 | 1,810.30 | 0.40% |
| Vernon | 9/20/2020 | 172 | 5,402 | 5 | 0 | 567.9 | 0.00% |
| Vilas | 9/20/2020 | 168 | 4,130 | 4 | 1 | 775.8 | 0.60% |
| Walworth | 9/20/2020 | 2,428 | 22,612 | 145 | 34 | 2,366.10 | 1.40% |
| Washburn | 9/20/2020 | 91 | 2,721 | 2 | 1 | 574 | 1.10% |
| Washington | 9/20/2020 | 2,268 | 23,252 | 70 | 32 | 1,686.40 | 1.40% |
| Waukesha | 9/20/2020 | 6,605 | 76,718 | 618 | 85 | 1,656.90 | 1.30% |
| Waupaca | 9/20/2020 | 908 | 10,048 | 104 | 20 | 1,755.20 | 2.20% |
| Waushara | 9/20/2020 | 270 | 6,464 | 7 | 2 | 1,111.20 | 0.70% |
| Winnebago | 9/20/2020 | 2,693 | 37,929 | 127 | 23 | 1,590.30 | 0.90% |
| Wood | 9/20/2020 | 679 | 13,630 | 39 | 4 | 917.2 | 0.60% |
If you think stories like this are important, become a member of Urban Milwaukee and help support real, independent journalism. Plus you get some cool added benefits.
More about the Coronavirus Pandemic
- MHD Release: Milwaukee Health Department Launches COVID-19 Wastewater Testing Dashboard - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Jan 23rd, 2024
- Milwaukee County Announces New Policies Related to COVID-19 Pandemic - County Executive David Crowley - May 9th, 2023
- DHS Details End of Emergency COVID-19 Response - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Apr 26th, 2023
- Milwaukee Health Department Announces Upcoming Changes to COVID-19 Services - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Mar 17th, 2023
- Fitzgerald Applauds Passage of COVID-19 Origin Act - U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald - Mar 10th, 2023
- DHS Expands Free COVID-19 Testing Program - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Feb 10th, 2023
- MKE County: COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rising - Graham Kilmer - Jan 16th, 2023
- Not Enough Getting Bivalent Booster Shots, State Health Officials Warn - Gaby Vinick - Dec 26th, 2022
- Nearly All Wisconsinites Age 6 Months and Older Now Eligible for Updated COVID-19 Vaccine - Wisconsin Department of Health Services - Dec 15th, 2022
- City of Milwaukee Bi-Weekly COVID-19 Update - City of Milwaukee Health Department - Dec 9th, 2022
Read more about Coronavirus Pandemic here
