Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations
In total, 7,646 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wisconsin, 714 are currently.
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.
Wisconsin recorded 1,865 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours according to data released Sunday afternoon by the state Department of Health Services.
Sunday’s results come from 10,815 tests.
The seven and 14-day positive case rates now stand at 20.17 and 19.05 percent. The figure measures the percentage of tests that indicate a new case of COVID-19. The 14-day figure hit a low of 2.69 percent on June 19th.
A total of 16,801 Wisconsin residents have tested positive in the past seven days, while 83,296 tests were processed.
A total of 714 Wisconsin residents are currently hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association COVID-19 dashboard. The figure is up by 22 from yesterday and up 143 from a week ago. DHS reports that 82 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours, bringing the outbreak total to 7,646.
DHS reported 5 new deaths, bringing the statewide total to 1,377. There have been 545 deaths recorded in Milwaukee County. An average of 7.47 deaths per day have been reported across the state over the past 30 days.
Brown County has recorded 4,015.3 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,994.20). Forest County has record 3,648.4 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,594.0). Kewaunee has recorded 3,405.30 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,323.0). According to DHS data, 3,210.00 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 (up from 3,186.1) since the outbreak began.
Oconto (3,089.9), Shawano (3,080.50) and Outagamie (2,984.80) are the only other counties with more than 2,970 cases per 100,000 residents.
The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 2,294.8 (up from 2,262.5).
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Data from DHS.
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.
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) | Deaths per 100,000 people (counties) | Case fatality percentage**** | ||
| Adams | 10/4/2020 | 277 | 4,248 | 16 | 4 | 1,351.50 | 19.5 | 1.40% |
| Ashland | 10/4/2020 | 157 | 3,174 | 10 | 2 | 989.7 | 12.6 | 1.30% |
| Barron | 10/4/2020 | 522 | 9,143 | 24 | 6 | 1,137.80 | 13.1 | 1.10% |
| Bayfield | 10/4/2020 | 127 | 3,235 | 9 | 1 | 835.3 | 6.6 | 0.80% |
| Brown | 10/4/2020 | 10,453 | 71,240 | 200 | 69 | 4,015.30 | 26.5 | 0.70% |
| Buffalo | 10/4/2020 | 159 | 2,689 | 4 | 2 | 1,177.00 | 14.8 | 1.30% |
| Burnett | 10/4/2020 | 220 | 2,938 | 10 | 4 | 1,424.20 | 25.9 | 1.80% |
| Calumet | 10/4/2020 | 1,527 | 10,690 | 51 | 5 | 2,966.40 | 9.7 | 0.30% |
| Chippewa | 10/4/2020 | 641 | 15,413 | 28 | 0 | 998.1 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Clark | 10/4/2020 | 474 | 5,853 | 39 | 8 | 1,364.40 | 23 | 1.70% |
| Columbia | 10/4/2020 | 825 | 15,919 | 53 | 3 | 1,444.10 | 5.3 | 0.40% |
| Crawford | 10/4/2020 | 197 | 4,537 | 7 | 0 | 1,190.00 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dane | 10/4/2020 | 10,452 | 201,238 | 473 | 43 | 1,977.70 | 8.1 | 0.40% |
| Dodge | 10/4/2020 | 2,178 | 24,059 | 43 | 19 | 2,441.60 | 21.3 | 0.90% |
| Door | 10/4/2020 | 428 | 6,771 | 26 | 3 | 1,525.80 | 10.7 | 0.70% |
| Douglas | 10/4/2020 | 546 | 8,406 | 4 | 0 | 1,244.50 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dunn | 10/4/2020 | 682 | 8,465 | 28 | 1 | 1,523.10 | 2.2 | 0.10% |
| Eau Claire | 10/4/2020 | 2,123 | 23,391 | 22 | 7 | 2,063.30 | 6.8 | 0.30% |
| Federal | 10/4/2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Florence | 10/4/2020 | 110 | 927 | 0 | 2 | 2,488.10 | 45.2 | 1.80% |
| Fond du Lac | 10/4/2020 | 2,455 | 24,486 | 56 | 14 | 2,374.90 | 13.5 | 0.60% |
| Forest | 10/4/2020 | 335 | 1,840 | 4 | 7 | 3,648.40 | 76.2 | 2.10% |
| Grant | 10/4/2020 | 1,201 | 13,742 | 49 | 19 | 2,293.10 | 36.3 | 1.60% |
| Green | 10/4/2020 | 598 | 8,727 | 24 | 3 | 1,622.20 | 8.1 | 0.50% |
| Green Lake | 10/4/2020 | 353 | 4,161 | 61 | 0 | 1,849.30 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Iowa | 10/4/2020 | 213 | 5,858 | 25 | 0 | 895 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Iron | 10/4/2020 | 147 | 1,546 | 8 | 1 | 2,515.40 | 17.1 | 0.70% |
| Jackson | 10/4/2020 | 176 | 6,634 | 5 | 1 | 852.5 | 4.8 | 0.60% |
| Jefferson | 10/4/2020 | 1,651 | 20,168 | 77 | 8 | 1,949.80 | 9.4 | 0.50% |
| Juneau | 10/4/2020 | 455 | 9,351 | 4 | 2 | 1,690.90 | 7.4 | 0.40% |
| Kenosha | 10/4/2020 | 3,708 | 39,614 | 432 | 68 | 2,204.10 | 40.4 | 1.80% |
| Kewaunee | 10/4/2020 | 703 | 4,219 | 13 | 2 | 3,405.30 | 9.7 | 0.30% |
| La Crosse | 10/4/2020 | 3,299 | 26,653 | 144 | 4 | 2,787.90 | 3.4 | 0.10% |
| Lafayette | 10/4/2020 | 356 | 3,727 | 7 | 0 | 2,108.60 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Langlade | 10/4/2020 | 297 | 3,658 | 1 | 2 | 1,501.70 | 10.1 | 0.70% |
| Lincoln | 10/4/2020 | 312 | 5,225 | 12 | 1 | 1,097.00 | 3.5 | 0.30% |
| Manitowoc | 10/4/2020 | 1,412 | 15,003 | 138 | 5 | 1,759.40 | 6.2 | 0.40% |
| Marathon | 10/4/2020 | 1,861 | 21,554 | 116 | 16 | 1,381.20 | 11.9 | 0.90% |
| Marinette | 10/4/2020 | 1,118 | 10,442 | 37 | 9 | 2,731.00 | 22 | 0.80% |
| Marquette | 10/4/2020 | 342 | 3,487 | 12 | 1 | 2,224.00 | 6.5 | 0.30% |
| Menominee | 10/4/2020 | 119 | 2,703 | 0 | 0 | 2,715.70 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Milwaukee | 10/4/2020 | 30,318 | 262,170 | 1,868 | 545 | 3,210.00 | 57.7 | 1.80% |
| Monroe | 10/4/2020 | 656 | 10,716 | 12 | 3 | 1,426.10 | 6.5 | 0.50% |
| Oconto | 10/4/2020 | 1,173 | 9,390 | 61 | 4 | 3,089.90 | 10.5 | 0.30% |
| Oneida | 10/4/2020 | 594 | 9,024 | 8 | 4 | 1,654.00 | 11.1 | 0.70% |
| Outagamie | 10/4/2020 | 5,486 | 42,414 | 265 | 32 | 2,984.80 | 17.4 | 0.60% |
| Ozaukee | 10/4/2020 | 1,468 | 18,853 | 108 | 20 | 1,661.40 | 22.6 | 1.40% |
| Pepin | 10/4/2020 | 70 | 1,540 | 2 | 0 | 952.5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pierce | 10/4/2020 | 470 | 8,259 | 252 | 7 | 1,128.90 | 16.8 | 1.50% |
| Polk | 10/4/2020 | 282 | 9,386 | 10 | 2 | 642.4 | 4.6 | 0.70% |
| Portage | 10/4/2020 | 1,671 | 13,544 | 42 | 7 | 2,362.90 | 9.9 | 0.40% |
| Price | 10/4/2020 | 160 | 2,967 | 3 | 0 | 1,158.70 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Racine | 10/4/2020 | 5,233 | 68,210 | 517 | 98 | 2,680.80 | 50.2 | 1.90% |
| Richland | 10/4/2020 | 214 | 5,402 | 13 | 4 | 1,208.20 | 22.6 | 1.90% |
| Rock | 10/4/2020 | 2,783 | 37,829 | 196 | 33 | 1,736.50 | 20.6 | 1.20% |
| Rusk | 10/4/2020 | 72 | 2,377 | 7 | 1 | 495.4 | 6.9 | 1.40% |
| Sauk | 10/4/2020 | 1,030 | 19,575 | 61 | 4 | 1,643.10 | 6.4 | 0.40% |
| Sawyer | 10/4/2020 | 245 | 4,719 | 0 | 1 | 1,478.70 | 6 | 0.40% |
| Shawano | 10/4/2020 | 1,271 | 10,154 | 8 | 4 | 3,080.50 | 9.7 | 0.30% |
| Sheboygan | 10/4/2020 | 2,169 | 24,038 | 77 | 19 | 1,894.10 | 16.6 | 0.90% |
| St. Croix | 10/4/2020 | 1,052 | 17,112 | 69 | 9 | 1,193.20 | 10.2 | 0.90% |
| Taylor | 10/4/2020 | 236 | 3,044 | 3 | 4 | 1,146.70 | 19.4 | 1.70% |
| Trempealeau | 10/4/2020 | 719 | 6,914 | 20 | 2 | 2,451.20 | 6.8 | 0.30% |
| Vernon | 10/4/2020 | 282 | 6,665 | 5 | 1 | 931.1 | 3.3 | 0.40% |
| Vilas | 10/4/2020 | 286 | 4,766 | 8 | 1 | 1,320.70 | 4.6 | 0.30% |
| Walworth | 10/4/2020 | 2,749 | 24,458 | 192 | 35 | 2,678.90 | 34.1 | 1.30% |
| Washburn | 10/4/2020 | 129 | 3,056 | 6 | 2 | 813.7 | 12.6 | 1.60% |
| Washington | 10/4/2020 | 2,916 | 25,108 | 91 | 35 | 2,168.30 | 26 | 1.20% |
| Waukesha | 10/4/2020 | 8,118 | 83,881 | 744 | 94 | 2,036.40 | 23.6 | 1.20% |
| Waupaca | 10/4/2020 | 1,320 | 10,689 | 119 | 21 | 2,551.70 | 40.6 | 1.60% |
| Waushara | 10/4/2020 | 448 | 7,071 | 7 | 3 | 1,843.80 | 12.3 | 0.70% |
| Winnebago | 10/4/2020 | 4,890 | 41,664 | 169 | 34 | 2,887.60 | 20.1 | 0.70% |
| Wood | 10/4/2020 | 944 | 15,584 | 50 | 6 | 1,275.20 | 8.1 | 0.60% |
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Does anyone know why there is about a 100 discrepancy between the state DATA and the Milwaukee County dashboard??