853 Active COVID-19 Hospitalizations, New Record

The number of people hospitalized in Wisconsin with a positive case of COVID-19 continues to hit new highs. The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported 853 active hospitalizations on Tuesday afternoon, the highest total since the pandemic began. The total is up 71 from Monday and 207 from a week ago.

The active hospitalization total has climbed 130 percent from three weeks ago when it stood at 370. That’s up from the 127 percent jump we reported yesterday.

New cases meanwhile are hovering at record levels.

Wisconsin recorded 2,020 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours according to the state Department of Health Services. Tuesday’s results come from 11,559 tests.

A total of 16,424 Wisconsin residents have tested positive in the past seven days, while 84,766 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 19.38% and 19.42%, the latter of which is an all-time high. 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% on June 19th.

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.

DHS reports that 108 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours, bringing the outbreak total to 7,810.

DHS reported 18 new deaths, bringing the statewide total to 1,399. There have been 545 deaths recorded in Milwaukee County. An average of 7.70 deaths per day have been reported across the state over the past 30 days.

Brown County has recorded 4,075.2 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 4,026.4). Forest County has record 3,779.1 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,713.8). Kewaunee County has recorded 3,565.2 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,424.7). Oconto County has recorded 3,305.9 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 3,176.9). According to DHS data, 3,244 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 (up from 3,216.8) since the outbreak began.

Shawano (3,228.3), Winnebago (3,150.4), Outagamie (3,144.7) and Calumet (3,090.8) 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 2,359.1 (up from 2,324.1). 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.

Charts and Maps

Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by gender

Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by race

Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by ethnicity

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	279	4289	16	4	1361.3	19.5	1.4%
Ashland	161	3218	10	2	1014.9	12.6	1.2%
Barron	528	9157	26	6	1150.8	13.1	1.1%
Bayfield	131	3285	10	1	861.6	6.6	0.8%
Brown	10609	71743	203	69	4075.2	26.5	0.7%
Buffalo	160	2740	4	2	1184.4	14.8	1.3%
Burnett	226	2941	12	4	1463.1	25.9	1.8%
Calumet	1591	10874	48	6	3090.8	11.7	0.4%
Chippewa	667	15620	27	0	1038.6	0	0.0%
Clark	491	5924	41	8	1413.3	23	1.6%
Columbia	864	16294	52	3	1512.4	5.3	0.3%
Crawford	205	4577	7	0	1238.3	0	0.0%
Dane	10671	203188	475	43	2019.1	8.1	0.4%
Dodge	2226	24341	44	19	2495.4	21.3	0.9%
Door	442	6840	26	4	1575.7	14.3	0.9%
Douglas	559	8571	3	0	1274.1	0	0.0%
Dunn	700	8507	27	1	1563.3	2.2	0.1%
Eau Claire	2184	23558	22	7	2122.6	6.8	0.3%
Florence	115	943	0	2	2601.2	45.2	1.7%
Fond du Lac	2533	24911	69	14	2450.3	13.5	0.6%
Forest	347	1887	4	7	3779.1	76.2	2.0%
Grant	1240	13781	50	19	2367.6	36.3	1.5%
Green	619	8840	23	3	1679.1	8.1	0.5%
Green Lake	376	4207	61	0	1969.8	0	0.0%
Iowa	240	5953	25	0	1008.4	0	0.0%
Iron	149	1552	8	1	2549.6	17.1	0.7%
Jackson	181	6667	5	1	876.8	4.8	0.6%
Jefferson	1698	20389	78	8	2005.3	9.4	0.5%
Juneau	467	9443	4	2	1735.5	7.4	0.4%
Kenosha	3780	40065	434	68	2246.9	40.4	1.8%
Kewaunee	736	4391	13	2	3565.2	9.7	0.3%
La Crosse	3373	26864	142	6	2850.4	5.1	0.2%
Lafayette	360	3779	7	0	2132.3	0	0.0%
Langlade	327	3743	1	2	1653.4	10.1	0.6%
Lincoln	348	5485	11	2	1223.5	7	0.6%
Manitowoc	1453	15472	139	5	1810.5	6.2	0.3%
Marathon	2023	21728	112	22	1501.4	16.3	1.1%
Marinette	1146	10549	37	9	2799.4	22	0.8%
Marquette	348	3567	12	1	2263	6.5	0.3%
Menominee	131	2713	0	0	2989.5	0	0.0%
Milwaukee	30639	264120	1896	546	3244	57.8	1.8%
Monroe	679	10940	12	3	1476.2	6.5	0.4%
Oconto	1255	9483	63	4	3305.9	10.5	0.3%
Oneida	633	9183	9	4	1762.6	11.1	0.6%
Outagamie	5780	42443	268	33	3144.7	18	0.6%
Ozaukee	1506	18859	108	20	1704.4	22.6	1.3%
Pepin	70	1547	2	0	952.5	0	0.0%
Pierce	480	8384	247	7	1152.9	16.8	1.5%
Polk	294	9549	10	2	669.7	4.6	0.7%
Portage	1723	13909	44	10	2436.4	14.1	0.6%
Price	185	3003	3	0	1339.8	0	0.0%
Racine	5298	68942	523	98	2714.1	50.2	1.8%
Richland	236	5541	13	4	1332.4	22.6	1.7%
Rock	2880	38138	196	33	1797	20.6	1.1%
Rusk	77	2383	8	1	529.8	6.9	1.3%
Sauk	1079	19962	61	4	1721.3	6.4	0.4%
Sawyer	258	4768	0	1	1557.1	6	0.4%
Shawano	1332	10298	9	5	3228.3	12.1	0.4%
Sheboygan	2261	24695	78	19	1974.4	16.6	0.8%
St. Croix	1081	17390	68	9	1226.1	10.2	0.8%
Taylor	245	3077	3	4	1190.5	19.4	1.6%
Trempealeau	742	6917	20	2	2529.7	6.8	0.3%
Vernon	300	6816	5	1	990.5	3.3	0.3%
Vilas	303	4795	9	1	1399.2	4.6	0.3%
Walworth	2780	24633	199	35	2709.2	34.1	1.3%
Washburn	139	3100	7	2	876.8	12.6	1.4%
Washington	2976	25127	93	35	2212.9	26	1.2%
Waukesha	8289	84847	755	94	2079.3	23.6	1.1%
Waupaca	1391	10787	128	22	2688.9	42.5	1.6%
Waushara	481	7167	7	3	1979.6	12.3	0.6%
Winnebago	5335	42905	169	37	3150.4	21.8	0.7%
Wood	968	15812	50	7	1307.6	9.5	0.7%