Jeramey Jannene
WI Daily

New Records for COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths

Over 7,000 cases, 290 hospitalizations and 60 deaths.

By - Nov 10th, 2020 04:20 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

Tuesday, November 10th was a triple crown day for the state of Wisconsin’s fight against COVID-19. The Department of Health Services reported a record number of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

DHS reported 7,070 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon from 19,999 processed tests.

The seven-day case total moved to a new record high of 40,776.

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).

The seven-day positive case rate, the percentage of tests that confirm a new case of the disease and proxy for if the disease’s spread is growing or slowing, stands at a record 34.48%. The 14-day average at 32.55%, a record. The 14-day average set 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 rate figure to be sustained under five percent.

DHS reported a record 291 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 13,230 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 1,386 in the past week.

The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that a record 2,070 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 67 over Monday and 356 over a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 889.

DHS reported 66 deaths Tuesday, a new record high. A total of 2,395 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 630 in Milwaukee County.

An average of 31 deaths per day have been reported over the past 30 days. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 8.83.

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 9,744.4 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 9,333.6). Shawano County has recorded 7,394.6 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 7,273.4). 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, 5,411.3 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 5,296.8).

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 4,823.4 (up from 4,701). 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.

Charts and Maps

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 † Number of probable deaths ‡ Cases per 100,000 people (counties) Deaths per 100,000 people (counties) Case fatality percentage ††
Adams 751 5,447 58 6 0 3,664.30 29.3 0.80%
Ashland 429 4,546 11 5 0 2,704.40 31.5 1.20%
Barron 1,991 13,246 41 14 0 4,339.60 30.5 0.70%
Bayfield 431 4,364 15 3 0 2,834.80 19.7 0.70%
Brown 18,244 98,245 423 115 2 7,008.10 44.2 0.60%
Buffalo 466 3,447 8 3 0 3,449.60 22.2 0.60%
Burnett 434 4,071 22 7 0 2,809.60 45.3 1.60%
Calumet 3,273 14,501 103 18 0 6,358.30 35 0.50%
Chippewa 2,984 20,425 38 31 2 4,646.50 48.3 1.00%
Clark 1,365 7,542 104 23 3 3,929.10 66.2 1.70%
Columbia 2,404 20,583 170 9 1 4,208.10 15.8 0.40%
Crawford 541 5,460 7 3 0 3,267.90 18.1 0.60%
Dane 19,494 252,703 622 56 2 3,688.60 10.6 0.30%
Dodge 5,912 30,439 297 46 3 6,627.40 51.6 0.80%
Door 1,230 10,010 93 10 0 4,384.90 35.6 0.80%
Douglas 1,097 11,122 9 1 0 2,500.30 2.3 0.10%
Dunn 1,661 12,316 47 1 0 3,709.50 2.2 0.10%
Eau Claire 5,223 32,829 57 35 2 5,076.10 34 0.70%
Florence 258 1,213 14 8 0 5,835.80 181 3.10%
Fond du Lac 6,433 31,957 225 27 1 6,223.10 26.1 0.40%
Forest 599 2,789 36 11 0 6,523.60 119.8 1.80%
Grant 2,512 17,716 92 47 1 4,796.30 89.7 1.90%
Green 1,247 11,267 21 5 0 3,382.70 13.6 0.40%
Green Lake 953 5,593 133 4 0 4,992.70 21 0.40%
Iowa 804 7,802 28 4 0 3,378.30 16.8 0.50%
Iron 274 1,886 51 5 1 4,688.60 85.6 1.80%
Jackson 931 8,009 13 2 0 4,509.80 9.7 0.20%
Jefferson 3,715 26,466 160 27 1 4,387.40 31.9 0.70%
Juneau 1,357 11,461 7 6 0 5,043.10 22.3 0.40%
Kenosha 6,706 52,243 679 96 2 3,986.20 57.1 1.40%
Kewaunee 1,333 5,442 37 11 0 6,457.10 53.3 0.80%
La Crosse 5,626 35,482 176 27 0 4,754.40 22.8 0.50%
Lafayette 745 4,749 11 2 0 4,412.70 11.8 0.30%
Langlade 1,252 5,111 49 19 3 6,330.60 96.1 1.50%
Lincoln 1,336 7,528 44 14 2 4,697.30 49.2 1.00%
Manitowoc 3,674 21,143 445 21 3 4,578.00 26.2 0.60%
Marathon 7,096 34,793 497 82 10 5,266.40 60.9 1.20%
Marinette 2,242 13,157 168 20 0 5,476.60 48.9 0.90%
Marquette 856 4,438 97 6 0 5,566.40 39 0.70%
Menominee 427 3,357 1 2 0 9,744.40 45.6 0.50%
Milwaukee 51,109 338,130 3,282 630 6 5,411.30 66.7 1.20%
Monroe 1,632 13,437 24 8 0 3,548.00 17.4 0.50%
Oconto 2,599 12,313 141 20 3 6,846.30 52.7 0.80%
Oneida 1,647 12,372 26 19 0 4,586.10 52.9 1.20%
Outagamie 11,332 58,591 440 87 0 6,165.40 47.3 0.80%
Ozaukee 3,260 27,115 324 27 3 3,689.50 30.6 0.80%
Pepin 269 2,029 5 0 0 3,660.40 0 0.00%
Pierce 1,188 10,864 274 7 1 2,853.40 16.8 0.60%
Polk 1,059 12,818 16 3 0 2,412.30 6.8 0.30%
Portage 3,612 19,056 107 28 2 5,107.50 39.6 0.80%
Price 506 3,927 22 3 0 3,664.50 21.7 0.60%
Racine 10,125 82,355 1,010 128 3 5,186.90 65.6 1.30%
Richland 628 7,232 17 10 0 3,545.60 56.5 1.60%
Rock 6,812 52,552 277 55 2 4,250.50 34.3 0.80%
Rusk 413 3,308 20 3 0 2,841.60 20.6 0.70%
Sauk 2,604 26,810 71 9 0 4,154.00 14.4 0.30%
Sawyer 530 5,831 5 4 0 3,198.70 24.1 0.80%
Shawano 3,051 12,729 44 39 1 7,394.60 94.5 1.30%
Sheboygan 6,336 32,632 236 35 2 5,532.90 30.6 0.60%
St. Croix 2,819 23,596 125 15 0 3,197.30 17 0.50%
Taylor 726 4,054 42 10 0 3,527.70 48.6 1.40%
Trempealeau 1,441 8,607 25 7 0 4,912.70 23.9 0.50%
Vernon 711 9,202 5 3 0 2,347.50 9.9 0.40%
Vilas 847 6,228 22 8 0 3,911.20 36.9 0.90%
Walworth 4,338 30,401 453 39 2 4,227.50 38 0.90%
Washburn 356 4,096 8 2 0 2,245.60 12.6 0.60%
Washington 6,148 36,459 524 52 3 4,571.50 38.7 0.80%
Waukesha 16,436 115,094 1,286 148 3 4,123.00 37.1 0.90%
Waupaca 3,063 14,688 302 59 13 5,921.00 114.1 1.90%
Waushara 1,508 8,543 16 6 0 6,206.30 24.7 0.40%
Winnebago 10,770 58,807 561 83 2 6,359.80 49 0.80%
Wood 2,662 20,670 150 16 2 3,596.00 21.6 0.60%

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