COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 127% In Three Weeks
Active hospitalizations set a record high for third day in a row,
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.
The number of people hospitalized in Wisconsin with a positive case of COVID-19 continues to hit new highs. The Department of Health Services reported 782 active hospitalizations on Monday afternoon, the highest total since the pandemic began.
The active hospitalization total has climbed 127 percent from three weeks ago when it stood at 343.
New cases meanwhile are hovering at record levels.
Wisconsin recorded 1,696 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours according to the DHS. Monday’s results come from 8,560 tests.
A total of 16,771 Wisconsin residents have tested positive in the past seven days, while 83,971 tests were processed. The seven-day case high before September, and now October, brought a surge of cases with it was 6,512 for the week of July 26th. A high of 99,920 tests was recorded for the week ending August 6th.
The seven and 14-day positive case rates now stand at 19.97% and 19.10%, below all-time highs of 21.61% and 19.22%. 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.
DHS reports that 56 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours, bringing the outbreak total to 7,702.
DHS reported four new deaths, bringing the statewide total to 1,381. There have been 545 deaths recorded in Milwaukee County. An average of 7.10 deaths per day have been reported across the state over the past 30 days.
Brown County has recorded 4,026.4 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 4,015.3). Forest County has record 3,713.8 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,648.4). Kewaunee has recorded 3,424.7 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,405.30). According to DHS data, 3,216.8 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 (up from 3,210) since the outbreak began.
Oconto (3,176.9), Shawano (3,160.4), Outagamie (3,067.5), Winnebago (3,066.5) and Calumet (3,051.9) are the only other counties with more than 3,000 cases per 100,000 residents.
The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 2,324.1 (up from 2,294.8). Wisconsin has recorded a per-capita rate of 511.4 per 100,000 in the past two weeks according to the DHS activity level report released Wednesday.
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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 | 10/5/2020 | 277 | 4,267 | 16 | 4 | 1,351.50 | 19.5 | 1.40% |
| Ashland | 10/5/2020 | 159 | 3,205 | 10 | 2 | 1,002.30 | 12.6 | 1.30% |
| Barron | 10/5/2020 | 522 | 9,150 | 24 | 6 | 1,137.80 | 13.1 | 1.10% |
| Bayfield | 10/5/2020 | 130 | 3,265 | 10 | 1 | 855 | 6.6 | 0.80% |
| Brown | 10/5/2020 | 10,482 | 71,374 | 200 | 69 | 4,026.40 | 26.5 | 0.70% |
| Buffalo | 10/5/2020 | 160 | 2,691 | 4 | 2 | 1,184.40 | 14.8 | 1.30% |
| Burnett | 10/5/2020 | 222 | 2,938 | 11 | 4 | 1,437.20 | 25.9 | 1.80% |
| Calumet | 10/5/2020 | 1,571 | 10,781 | 50 | 5 | 3,051.90 | 9.7 | 0.30% |
| Chippewa | 10/5/2020 | 649 | 15,501 | 28 | 0 | 1,010.60 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Clark | 10/5/2020 | 479 | 5,891 | 39 | 8 | 1,378.80 | 23 | 1.70% |
| Columbia | 10/5/2020 | 848 | 16,119 | 52 | 3 | 1,484.40 | 5.3 | 0.40% |
| Crawford | 10/5/2020 | 202 | 4,554 | 7 | 0 | 1,220.20 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dane | 10/5/2020 | 10,514 | 201,655 | 473 | 43 | 1,989.40 | 8.1 | 0.40% |
| Dodge | 10/5/2020 | 2,207 | 24,285 | 43 | 19 | 2,474.10 | 21.3 | 0.90% |
| Door | 10/5/2020 | 437 | 6,810 | 26 | 3 | 1,557.90 | 10.7 | 0.70% |
| Douglas | 10/5/2020 | 551 | 8,479 | 4 | 0 | 1,255.90 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dunn | 10/5/2020 | 688 | 8,475 | 27 | 1 | 1,536.50 | 2.2 | 0.10% |
| Eau Claire | 10/5/2020 | 2,152 | 23,394 | 22 | 7 | 2,091.50 | 6.8 | 0.30% |
| Florence | 10/5/2020 | 113 | 940 | 0 | 2 | 2,556.00 | 45.2 | 1.80% |
| Fond du Lac | 10/5/2020 | 2,505 | 24,742 | 56 | 14 | 2,423.30 | 13.5 | 0.60% |
| Forest | 10/5/2020 | 341 | 1,839 | 4 | 7 | 3,713.80 | 76.2 | 2.10% |
| Grant | 10/5/2020 | 1,220 | 13,765 | 49 | 19 | 2,329.40 | 36.3 | 1.60% |
| Green | 10/5/2020 | 613 | 8,791 | 24 | 3 | 1,662.90 | 8.1 | 0.50% |
| Green Lake | 10/5/2020 | 366 | 4,201 | 61 | 0 | 1,917.40 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Iowa | 10/5/2020 | 234 | 5,860 | 25 | 0 | 983.2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Iron | 10/5/2020 | 149 | 1,547 | 8 | 1 | 2,549.60 | 17.1 | 0.70% |
| Jackson | 10/5/2020 | 177 | 6,644 | 5 | 1 | 857.4 | 4.8 | 0.60% |
| Jefferson | 10/5/2020 | 1,668 | 20,221 | 78 | 8 | 1,969.90 | 9.4 | 0.50% |
| Juneau | 10/5/2020 | 459 | 9,390 | 4 | 2 | 1,705.80 | 7.4 | 0.40% |
| Kenosha | 10/5/2020 | 3,751 | 39,949 | 432 | 68 | 2,229.70 | 40.4 | 1.80% |
| Kewaunee | 10/5/2020 | 707 | 4,219 | 13 | 2 | 3,424.70 | 9.7 | 0.30% |
| La Crosse | 10/5/2020 | 3,336 | 26,669 | 143 | 4 | 2,819.20 | 3.4 | 0.10% |
| Lafayette | 10/5/2020 | 357 | 3,750 | 7 | 0 | 2,114.60 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Langlade | 10/5/2020 | 305 | 3,696 | 1 | 2 | 1,542.20 | 10.1 | 0.70% |
| Lincoln | 10/5/2020 | 339 | 5,294 | 11 | 1 | 1,191.90 | 3.5 | 0.30% |
| Manitowoc | 10/5/2020 | 1,434 | 15,250 | 139 | 5 | 1,786.80 | 6.2 | 0.30% |
| Marathon | 10/5/2020 | 1,924 | 21,558 | 113 | 17 | 1,427.90 | 12.6 | 0.90% |
| Marinette | 10/5/2020 | 1,135 | 10,495 | 37 | 9 | 2,772.50 | 22 | 0.80% |
| Marquette | 10/5/2020 | 345 | 3,539 | 12 | 1 | 2,243.50 | 6.5 | 0.30% |
| Menominee | 10/5/2020 | 123 | 2,702 | 0 | 0 | 2,806.90 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Milwaukee | 10/5/2020 | 30,382 | 263,205 | 1,882 | 545 | 3,216.80 | 57.7 | 1.80% |
| Monroe | 10/5/2020 | 667 | 10,745 | 12 | 3 | 1,450.10 | 6.5 | 0.40% |
| Oconto | 10/5/2020 | 1,206 | 9,384 | 65 | 4 | 3,176.90 | 10.5 | 0.30% |
| Oneida | 10/5/2020 | 614 | 9,095 | 9 | 4 | 1,709.70 | 11.1 | 0.70% |
| Outagamie | 10/5/2020 | 5,638 | 42,434 | 266 | 32 | 3,067.50 | 17.4 | 0.60% |
| Ozaukee | 10/5/2020 | 1,480 | 18,851 | 107 | 20 | 1,675.00 | 22.6 | 1.40% |
| Pepin | 10/5/2020 | 70 | 1,545 | 2 | 0 | 952.5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pierce | 10/5/2020 | 474 | 8,328 | 252 | 7 | 1,138.50 | 16.8 | 1.50% |
| Polk | 10/5/2020 | 290 | 9,507 | 10 | 2 | 660.6 | 4.6 | 0.70% |
| Portage | 10/5/2020 | 1,702 | 13,763 | 41 | 9 | 2,406.70 | 12.7 | 0.50% |
| Price | 10/5/2020 | 167 | 2,971 | 4 | 0 | 1,209.40 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Racine | 10/5/2020 | 5,240 | 68,213 | 518 | 98 | 2,684.40 | 50.2 | 1.90% |
| Richland | 10/5/2020 | 229 | 5,516 | 13 | 4 | 1,292.90 | 22.6 | 1.70% |
| Rock | 10/5/2020 | 2,860 | 38,025 | 196 | 33 | 1,784.50 | 20.6 | 1.20% |
| Rusk | 10/5/2020 | 75 | 2,378 | 7 | 1 | 516 | 6.9 | 1.30% |
| Sauk | 10/5/2020 | 1,030 | 19,682 | 61 | 4 | 1,643.10 | 6.4 | 0.40% |
| Sawyer | 10/5/2020 | 252 | 4,751 | 0 | 1 | 1,520.90 | 6 | 0.40% |
| Shawano | 10/5/2020 | 1,304 | 10,224 | 9 | 4 | 3,160.40 | 9.7 | 0.30% |
| Sheboygan | 10/5/2020 | 2,180 | 24,279 | 77 | 19 | 1,903.70 | 16.6 | 0.90% |
| St. Croix | 10/5/2020 | 1,066 | 17,281 | 68 | 9 | 1,209.00 | 10.2 | 0.80% |
| Taylor | 10/5/2020 | 243 | 3,058 | 3 | 4 | 1,180.80 | 19.4 | 1.60% |
| Trempealeau | 10/5/2020 | 722 | 6,913 | 20 | 2 | 2,461.50 | 6.8 | 0.30% |
| Vernon | 10/5/2020 | 287 | 6,721 | 5 | 1 | 947.6 | 3.3 | 0.30% |
| Vilas | 10/5/2020 | 298 | 4,790 | 9 | 1 | 1,376.10 | 4.6 | 0.30% |
| Walworth | 10/5/2020 | 2,760 | 24,499 | 194 | 35 | 2,689.70 | 34.1 | 1.30% |
| Washburn | 10/5/2020 | 135 | 3,092 | 9 | 2 | 851.6 | 12.6 | 1.50% |
| Washington | 10/5/2020 | 2,922 | 25,111 | 91 | 35 | 2,172.70 | 26 | 1.20% |
| Waukesha | 10/5/2020 | 8,227 | 84,121 | 748 | 94 | 2,063.80 | 23.6 | 1.10% |
| Waupaca | 10/5/2020 | 1,364 | 10,699 | 120 | 21 | 2,636.70 | 40.6 | 1.50% |
| Waushara | 10/5/2020 | 471 | 7,139 | 7 | 3 | 1,938.40 | 12.3 | 0.60% |
| Winnebago | 10/5/2020 | 5,193 | 42,668 | 173 | 34 | 3,066.50 | 20.1 | 0.70% |
| Wood | 10/5/2020 | 960 | 15,694 | 50 | 7 | 1,296.80 | 9.5 | 0.70% |
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