Over 2,000 People Actively Hospitalized For The First Time
State reports 4,360 new cases, 17 deaths.
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.
For the first time, over 2,000 people are actively hospitalized with a positive case of COVID-19.
On Monday the Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that 2,003 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 143 over Sunday and 355 over a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 889.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 4,360 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday afternoon from 14,077 tests.
The seven-day case total moved to a new record high of 39,474.
The seven-day total eclipses the total number of cases in March, April, May, June, July and August. September, when Wisconsin’s caseload began setting new high after new high, accounted for 46,671 cases in its entirety (October? 103,096).
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 rate figure to be sustained under five percent.
DHS reported 110 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. Why the discrepancy between DHS and WHA data? The DHS release is current as of 6 a.m. but released at 2:00 p.m., the WHA data is released at 3:30 p.m.
A total of 12,939 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 1,342 in the past week.
DHS reported 17 deaths Monday. A total of 2,329 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 623 in Milwaukee County.
Since September, Milwaukee County has gone from having the worst per-capita outbreak to the 19th worst in the state, even as its case and hospitalization load has surged to record levels.
Menominee County has recorded 9,333.6 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 9,265.2). Shawano County has recorded 7,273.4 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 7,200.7). Brown, Oconto, Dodge, Forest, Kewaunee, Winnebago, Calumet, Langlade, Waushara, Outagamie, Fond du Lac, Waupaca, Florence, Marinette, Marquette and Sheboygan counties are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.
According to DHS data, 5,296.8 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 5,219.3).
The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 4,701 (up from 4,625.6). Wisconsin has recorded a per-capita rate of 1,060.6 cases per 100,000 residents in the past two weeks according to the DHS activity level report released Wednesday.
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Data from DHS.
Data from DHS.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by gender
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Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by race
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Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by ethnicity
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Cases and deaths by county
| Number of confirmed cases | Number of negatives* | Number of probable cases | Number of deaths † | Number of probable deaths ‡ | Cases per 100,000 people (counties) | Deaths per 100,000 people (counties) | Case fatality percentage †† | |
| Adams | 733 | 5,417 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 3,576.50 | 29.3 | 0.80% |
| Ashland | 416 | 4,489 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2,622.50 | 31.5 | 1.20% |
| Barron | 1,919 | 13,205 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 4,182.70 | 24 | 0.60% |
| Bayfield | 404 | 4,311 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2,657.20 | 19.7 | 0.70% |
| Brown | 17,978 | 97,726 | 433 | 111 | 2 | 6,905.90 | 42.6 | 0.60% |
| Buffalo | 445 | 3,433 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3,294.10 | 22.2 | 0.70% |
| Burnett | 406 | 4,027 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2,628.30 | 45.3 | 1.70% |
| Calumet | 3,232 | 14,421 | 93 | 18 | 0 | 6,278.70 | 35 | 0.60% |
| Chippewa | 2,800 | 20,309 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 4,360.00 | 48.3 | 1.10% |
| Clark | 1,320 | 7,480 | 100 | 23 | 3 | 3,799.50 | 66.2 | 1.70% |
| Columbia | 2,328 | 20,409 | 168 | 9 | 1 | 4,075.10 | 15.8 | 0.40% |
| Crawford | 506 | 5,417 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3,056.50 | 6 | 0.20% |
| Dane | 18,797 | 251,218 | 621 | 55 | 2 | 3,556.70 | 10.4 | 0.30% |
| Dodge | 5,840 | 30,278 | 264 | 44 | 3 | 6,546.70 | 49.3 | 0.80% |
| Door | 1,206 | 9,971 | 93 | 10 | 0 | 4,299.30 | 35.6 | 0.80% |
| Douglas | 1,047 | 10,939 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2,386.40 | 2.3 | 0.10% |
| Dunn | 1,628 | 12,253 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3,635.80 | 2.2 | 0.10% |
| Eau Claire | 5,131 | 32,627 | 49 | 31 | 1 | 4,986.70 | 30.1 | 0.60% |
| Florence | 253 | 1,212 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5,722.70 | 181 | 3.20% |
| Fond du Lac | 6,220 | 31,840 | 198 | 26 | 0 | 6,017.00 | 25.2 | 0.40% |
| Forest | 582 | 2,769 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 6,338.50 | 119.8 | 1.90% |
| Grant | 2,466 | 17,564 | 92 | 46 | 1 | 4,708.40 | 87.8 | 1.90% |
| Green | 1,224 | 11,224 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3,320.30 | 13.6 | 0.40% |
| Green Lake | 928 | 5,562 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 4,861.70 | 21 | 0.40% |
| Iowa | 761 | 7,746 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3,197.60 | 8.4 | 0.30% |
| Iron | 266 | 1,878 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 4,551.70 | 85.6 | 1.90% |
| Jackson | 910 | 7,985 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4,408.10 | 9.7 | 0.20% |
| Jefferson | 3,637 | 26,091 | 143 | 26 | 1 | 4,295.20 | 30.7 | 0.70% |
| Juneau | 1,282 | 11,416 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4,764.40 | 18.6 | 0.40% |
| Kenosha | 6,518 | 51,870 | 656 | 96 | 2 | 3,874.40 | 57.1 | 1.50% |
| Kewaunee | 1,297 | 5,414 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 6,282.70 | 53.3 | 0.80% |
| La Crosse | 5,535 | 35,190 | 169 | 26 | 0 | 4,677.50 | 22 | 0.50% |
| Lafayette | 727 | 4,721 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4,306.10 | 11.8 | 0.30% |
| Langlade | 1,224 | 5,084 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 6,189.00 | 65.7 | 1.10% |
| Lincoln | 1,284 | 7,499 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 4,514.50 | 49.2 | 1.10% |
| Manitowoc | 3,601 | 20,986 | 442 | 21 | 3 | 4,487.00 | 26.2 | 0.60% |
| Marathon | 6,858 | 34,486 | 489 | 75 | 10 | 5,089.80 | 55.7 | 1.10% |
| Marinette | 2,215 | 13,057 | 163 | 19 | 0 | 5,410.60 | 46.4 | 0.90% |
| Marquette | 842 | 4,411 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 5,475.40 | 39 | 0.70% |
| Menominee | 409 | 3,346 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9,333.60 | 22.8 | 0.20% |
| Milwaukee | 50,027 | 335,641 | 3,231 | 623 | 5 | 5,296.80 | 66 | 1.20% |
| Monroe | 1,607 | 13,351 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3,493.60 | 17.4 | 0.50% |
| Oconto | 2,540 | 12,234 | 142 | 19 | 3 | 6,690.90 | 50.1 | 0.70% |
| Oneida | 1,604 | 12,314 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 4,466.30 | 52.9 | 1.20% |
| Outagamie | 11,190 | 58,267 | 430 | 86 | 0 | 6,088.10 | 46.8 | 0.80% |
| Ozaukee | 3,160 | 26,861 | 312 | 27 | 3 | 3,576.30 | 30.6 | 0.90% |
| Pepin | 255 | 2,019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3,469.90 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pierce | 1,119 | 10,811 | 274 | 7 | 1 | 2,687.60 | 16.8 | 0.60% |
| Polk | 1,003 | 12,694 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2,284.70 | 6.8 | 0.30% |
| Portage | 3,537 | 18,944 | 105 | 28 | 2 | 5,001.50 | 39.6 | 0.80% |
| Price | 492 | 3,904 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3,563.20 | 21.7 | 0.60% |
| Racine | 9,820 | 82,054 | 973 | 126 | 2 | 5,030.70 | 64.5 | 1.30% |
| Richland | 602 | 7,214 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3,398.80 | 56.5 | 1.70% |
| Rock | 6,747 | 52,269 | 276 | 55 | 2 | 4,209.90 | 34.3 | 0.80% |
| Rusk | 383 | 3,287 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2,635.20 | 13.8 | 0.50% |
| Sauk | 2,515 | 26,565 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 4,012.10 | 14.4 | 0.40% |
| Sawyer | 512 | 5,783 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3,090.10 | 24.1 | 0.80% |
| Shawano | 3,001 | 12,664 | 45 | 38 | 1 | 7,273.40 | 92.1 | 1.30% |
| Sheboygan | 6,122 | 32,206 | 215 | 32 | 1 | 5,346.00 | 27.9 | 0.50% |
| St. Croix | 2,712 | 23,375 | 122 | 14 | 0 | 3,075.90 | 15.9 | 0.50% |
| Taylor | 694 | 4,027 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 3,372.20 | 48.6 | 1.40% |
| Trempealeau | 1,386 | 8,565 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4,725.20 | 20.5 | 0.40% |
| Vernon | 686 | 9,143 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2,265.00 | 6.6 | 0.30% |
| Vilas | 830 | 6,201 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3,832.70 | 36.9 | 1.00% |
| Walworth | 4,184 | 30,184 | 441 | 39 | 2 | 4,077.40 | 38 | 0.90% |
| Washburn | 339 | 4,069 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2,138.40 | 12.6 | 0.60% |
| Washington | 5,943 | 36,256 | 496 | 50 | 3 | 4,419.00 | 37.2 | 0.80% |
| Waukesha | 15,929 | 114,224 | 1,266 | 147 | 3 | 3,995.80 | 36.9 | 0.90% |
| Waupaca | 3,001 | 14,596 | 304 | 56 | 13 | 5,801.20 | 108.3 | 1.90% |
| Waushara | 1,489 | 8,507 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 6,128.10 | 20.6 | 0.30% |
| Winnebago | 10,621 | 58,471 | 554 | 82 | 2 | 6,271.80 | 48.4 | 0.80% |
| Wood | 2,545 | 20,537 | 145 | 15 | 2 | 3,438.00 | 20.3 | 0.60% |
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