Lowest COVID-19 Testing Total in 111 Days
2,446 new cases reported Sunday.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 2,446 new COVID-19 cases Sunday from 4,588 processed tests. It’s the lowest testing total reported since September 14th, 111 days ago.
The seven-day case total stands at 15,713, well below November 18th’s record report of 45,946. The seven-day testing total stands at 46,193, below November 18th’s record rolling total of 133,019 tests. The testing total is filtered to only include individuals who were tested for the first time or have been tested previously but are receiving their first positive diagnosis.
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.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that 1,069 were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 51 from a day prior, but a decrease of 19 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 1,660.
DHS reported 80 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 21,529 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 700 in the past week.
The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 41.67, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 48.97.
Since September, Milwaukee County has gone from having the worst per-capita outbreak to the 21st worst in the state, even as its case and hospitalization load has surged to record levels. The county fell as low as 26th in early November.
Menominee County has recorded 16,362.4 cases per 100,000 residents up from 16,339.6). Dodge County has recorded 11,731.4 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 11,715.7). Jackson, Shawano, Trempealeau, Brown, Fond du Lac, Oconto, Sheboygan, Kewaunee, Barron, Crawford, Forest, Chippewa, Langlade, Calumet and Juneau are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.
According to DHS data, 9,078.6 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 9,055.5).
The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 8,416 (up from 8,373.7). Wisconsin has recorded a per-capita rate of 562.1 cases per 100,000 residents in the past two weeks according to the DHS activity level report released Wednesday. That’s down from the record 1,519.4 reported November 18th.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths by gender
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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 | 1,318 | 6,790 | 127 | 11 | 2 | 6,430.8 | 53.7 | 0.8% |
Ashland | 1,013 | 6,066 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 6,385.9 | 100.9 | 1.6% |
Barron | 4,534 | 16,855 | 110 | 57 | 0 | 9,882.3 | 124.2 | 1.3% |
Bayfield | 936 | 5,849 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 6,156.3 | 118.4 | 1.9% |
Brown | 26,463 | 115,107 | 1,540 | 162 | 11 | 10,165.2 | 62.2 | 0.6% |
Buffalo | 1,005 | 4,435 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 7,439.5 | 51.8 | 0.7% |
Burnett | 1,006 | 5,333 | 106 | 19 | 0 | 6,512.6 | 123.0 | 1.9% |
Calumet | 4,722 | 17,851 | 353 | 35 | 2 | 9,173.2 | 68.0 | 0.7% |
Chippewa | 5,972 | 25,192 | 102 | 66 | 2 | 9,299.3 | 102.8 | 1.1% |
Clark | 2,841 | 9,290 | 321 | 51 | 4 | 8,177.7 | 146.8 | 1.8% |
Columbia | 4,264 | 24,114 | 298 | 32 | 6 | 7,463.9 | 56.0 | 0.8% |
Crawford | 1,560 | 6,722 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 9,423.1 | 72.5 | 0.8% |
Dane | 33,807 | 295,450 | 1,193 | 182 | 17 | 6,396.8 | 34.4 | 0.5% |
Dodge | 10,465 | 36,799 | 619 | 125 | 17 | 11,731.4 | 140.1 | 1.2% |
Door | 2,065 | 12,363 | 164 | 13 | 2 | 7,361.6 | 46.3 | 0.6% |
Douglas | 3,118 | 15,882 | 428 | 17 | 13 | 7,106.7 | 38.7 | 0.5% |
Dunn | 3,571 | 16,041 | 255 | 24 | 0 | 7,975.1 | 53.6 | 0.7% |
Eau Claire | 9,375 | 42,262 | 228 | 77 | 10 | 9,111.4 | 74.8 | 0.8% |
Florence | 399 | 1,458 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 9,025.1 | 271.4 | 3.0% |
Fond du Lac | 10,505 | 38,859 | 796 | 67 | 8 | 10,162.2 | 64.8 | 0.6% |
Forest | 858 | 3,666 | 59 | 22 | 2 | 9,344.4 | 239.6 | 2.6% |
Grant | 4,141 | 20,688 | 442 | 77 | 5 | 7,906.6 | 147.0 | 1.9% |
Green | 2,365 | 14,000 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 6,415.5 | 27.1 | 0.4% |
Green Lake | 1,400 | 6,757 | 354 | 10 | 3 | 7,334.5 | 52.4 | 0.7% |
Iowa | 1,678 | 9,763 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 7,050.7 | 29.4 | 0.4% |
Iron | 423 | 2,235 | 109 | 18 | 17 | 7,238.2 | 308.0 | 4.3% |
Jackson | 2,399 | 9,496 | 37 | 18 | 0 | 11,620.8 | 87.2 | 0.8% |
Jefferson | 6,732 | 31,649 | 639 | 57 | 4 | 7,950.4 | 67.3 | 0.8% |
Juneau | 2,500 | 13,424 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 9,290.9 | 37.2 | 0.4% |
Kenosha | 12,488 | 64,340 | 1,544 | 217 | 10 | 7,423.1 | 129.0 | 1.7% |
Kewaunee | 2,084 | 6,507 | 118 | 24 | 1 | 10,094.9 | 116.3 | 1.2% |
La Crosse | 10,229 | 45,610 | 494 | 56 | 0 | 8,644.2 | 47.3 | 0.5% |
Lafayette | 1,253 | 5,665 | 107 | 5 | 1 | 7,421.7 | 29.6 | 0.4% |
Langlade | 1,803 | 6,134 | 134 | 30 | 10 | 9,116.7 | 151.7 | 1.7% |
Lincoln | 2,506 | 9,236 | 141 | 46 | 14 | 8,810.9 | 161.7 | 1.8% |
Manitowoc | 6,158 | 25,985 | 888 | 51 | 6 | 7,673.1 | 63.5 | 0.8% |
Marathon | 12,092 | 44,424 | 1,118 | 160 | 23 | 8,974.3 | 118.7 | 1.3% |
Marinette | 3,565 | 15,678 | 327 | 45 | 0 | 8,708.3 | 109.9 | 1.3% |
Marquette | 1,164 | 5,265 | 149 | 18 | 3 | 7,569.3 | 117.1 | 1.5% |
Menominee | 717 | 3,654 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16,362.4 | 228.2 | 1.4% |
Milwaukee | 85,745 | 412,841 | 6,988 | 984 | 19 | 9,078.6 | 104.2 | 1.1% |
Monroe | 3,497 | 16,351 | 59 | 25 | 0 | 7,602.5 | 54.4 | 0.7% |
Oconto | 3,829 | 14,678 | 338 | 38 | 4 | 10,086.4 | 100.1 | 1.0% |
Oneida | 2,830 | 13,610 | 80 | 47 | 3 | 7,880.2 | 130.9 | 1.7% |
Outagamie | 16,335 | 71,618 | 1,458 | 159 | 2 | 8,887.4 | 86.5 | 1.0% |
Ozaukee | 6,398 | 34,819 | 769 | 51 | 4 | 7,240.8 | 57.7 | 0.8% |
Pepin | 681 | 2,668 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 9,266.6 | 68.0 | 0.7% |
Pierce | 2,964 | 14,506 | 672 | 30 | 5 | 7,119.0 | 72.1 | 1.0% |
Polk | 3,102 | 16,532 | 36 | 23 | 0 | 7,066.1 | 52.4 | 0.7% |
Portage | 5,610 | 23,394 | 373 | 52 | 3 | 7,932.8 | 73.5 | 0.9% |
Price | 956 | 4,831 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 6,923.5 | 36.2 | 0.5% |
Racine | 17,815 | 92,533 | 2,063 | 249 | 10 | 9,126.4 | 127.6 | 1.4% |
Richland | 1,110 | 7,930 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 6,266.9 | 73.4 | 1.2% |
Rock | 12,289 | 64,797 | 927 | 115 | 11 | 7,667.9 | 71.8 | 0.9% |
Rusk | 1,115 | 4,290 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 7,671.7 | 89.4 | 1.2% |
Sauk | 4,545 | 32,043 | 206 | 27 | 4 | 7,250.4 | 43.1 | 0.6% |
Sawyer | 1,251 | 7,199 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 7,550.2 | 66.4 | 0.9% |
Shawano | 4,202 | 15,102 | 406 | 57 | 10 | 10,184.2 | 138.1 | 1.4% |
Sheboygan | 11,424 | 40,545 | 516 | 94 | 3 | 9,976.0 | 82.1 | 0.8% |
St. Croix | 5,473 | 30,419 | 1,152 | 28 | 1 | 6,207.4 | 31.8 | 0.5% |
Taylor | 1,603 | 5,097 | 184 | 14 | 5 | 7,789.1 | 68.0 | 0.9% |
Trempealeau | 3,007 | 10,594 | 77 | 29 | 1 | 10,251.6 | 98.9 | 1.0% |
Vernon | 1,560 | 11,451 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 5,150.7 | 99.1 | 1.9% |
Vilas | 1,609 | 7,468 | 67 | 21 | 2 | 7,429.8 | 97.0 | 1.3% |
Walworth | 7,721 | 36,695 | 1,784 | 95 | 8 | 7,524.2 | 92.6 | 1.2% |
Washburn | 1,045 | 5,497 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 6,591.8 | 75.7 | 1.1% |
Washington | 11,808 | 46,086 | 1,482 | 97 | 5 | 8,780.1 | 72.1 | 0.8% |
Waukesha | 34,365 | 148,410 | 3,024 | 344 | 26 | 8,620.5 | 86.3 | 1.0% |
Waupaca | 4,169 | 17,403 | 655 | 98 | 35 | 8,059.0 | 189.4 | 2.4% |
Waushara | 1,927 | 9,793 | 155 | 17 | 1 | 7,930.7 | 70.0 | 0.9% |
Winnebago | 15,306 | 70,442 | 1,911 | 150 | 16 | 9,038.4 | 88.6 | 1.0% |
Wood | 5,746 | 26,639 | 358 | 48 | 10 | 7,762.1 | 64.8 | 0.8% |
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