Jeramey Jannene
WI Daily

1,083 New COVID-19 Cases

5,132 processed tests

By - Jan 18th, 2021 05:32 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

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

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 1,083 new COVID-19 cases Monday from 5,132 processed tests.

The seven-day case total stands at 14,531, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946. The seven-day testing total stands at 50,640, 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.

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 28.69%, below the record high of 38.12% set December 4th. The 14-day average is 31.45%. 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.

The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that 875 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 22 from a day prior, but a decrease of 142 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 1,274.

DHS reported 54 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 23,130 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 696 in the past week.

DHS reported 19 new deaths. A total of 5,470 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,100 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 35.70, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 50.77.

Since September, Milwaukee County has gone from having the worst per-capita outbreak to the 20th 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 17,594.4 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 17,571.9). Dodge County has recorded 12,249.3 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 12,240.3). Jackson, Shawano, Trempealeau, Brown, Fond du Lac, Oconto, Sheboygan, Kewaunee, Barron, Crawford, Forest, Chippewa, Calumet and Juneau are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.

According to DHS data, 9,704.5 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 9,691.5).

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,044.7 (up from 9,025.9). Wisconsin has recorded a per-capita rate of 622.3 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.

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 1,431 7,105 143 11 2 6,982.2 53.7 0.8%
Ashland 1,089 6,285 65 16 0 6,865.0 100.9 1.5%
Barron 4,911 17,464 121 64 0 10,704.0 139.5 1.3%
Bayfield 998 6,102 53 18 0 6,564.1 118.4 1.8%
Brown 28,282 118,688 1,910 178 11 10,863.9 68.4 0.6%
Buffalo 1,182 4,658 28 7 0 8,749.7 51.8 0.6%
Burnett 1,060 5,506 116 23 0 6,862.2 148.9 2.2%
Calumet 5,039 18,556 434 38 2 9,789.0 73.8 0.8%
Chippewa 6,534 26,121 135 72 2 10,174.4 112.1 1.1%
Clark 3,001 9,604 343 54 4 8,638.2 155.4 1.8%
Columbia 4,631 24,899 344 38 6 8,106.4 66.5 0.8%
Crawford 1,617 6,920 46 13 0 9,767.4 78.5 0.8%
Dane 36,522 302,581 1,431 218 19 6,910.6 41.2 0.6%
Dodge 10,927 37,825 681 129 17 12,249.3 144.6 1.2%
Door 2,278 12,794 180 16 4 8,120.9 57.0 0.7%
Douglas 3,378 16,664 534 17 13 7,699.3 38.7 0.5%
Dunn 3,854 16,623 306 25 0 8,607.1 55.8 0.6%
Eau Claire 10,124 44,151 279 92 11 9,839.3 89.4 0.9%
Florence 412 1,497 33 12 0 9,319.2 271.4 2.9%
Fond du Lac 11,208 40,305 896 73 9 10,842.3 70.6 0.7%
Forest 893 3,802 66 22 3 9,725.5 239.6 2.5%
Grant 4,345 21,247 561 77 5 8,296.1 147.0 1.8%
Green 2,551 14,613 79 11 4 6,920.0 29.8 0.4%
Green Lake 1,446 6,972 383 14 3 7,575.4 73.3 1.0%
Iowa 1,761 10,040 85 8 1 7,399.5 33.6 0.5%
Iron 445 2,310 111 19 17 7,614.6 325.1 4.3%
Jackson 2,496 9,563 38 20 0 12,090.7 96.9 0.8%
Jefferson 7,262 32,672 779 63 5 8,576.3 74.4 0.9%
Juneau 2,786 13,745 75 13 1 10,353.8 48.3 0.5%
Kenosha 13,687 66,399 1,765 248 11 8,135.8 147.4 1.8%
Kewaunee 2,238 6,694 138 26 1 10,840.9 125.9 1.2%
La Crosse 11,078 47,454 577 67 0 9,361.7 56.6 0.6%
Lafayette 1,326 5,860 133 7 1 7,854.1 41.5 0.5%
Langlade 1,871 6,337 142 30 11 9,460.5 151.7 1.6%
Lincoln 2,707 9,618 182 51 14 9,517.6 179.3 1.9%
Manitowoc 6,700 27,018 998 57 12 8,348.5 71.0 0.9%
Marathon 12,902 45,959 1,227 167 27 9,575.4 123.9 1.3%
Marinette 3,798 16,279 357 55 0 9,277.4 134.3 1.4%
Marquette 1,223 5,502 157 20 5 7,952.9 130.1 1.6%
Menominee 771 3,692 2 11 0 17,594.7 251.0 1.4%
Milwaukee 91,657 425,992 7,927 1,100 21 9,704.5 116.5 1.2%
Monroe 3,854 16,917 74 27 0 8,378.6 58.7 0.7%
Oconto 4,053 15,307 393 43 5 10,676.5 113.3 1.1%
Oneida 3,025 13,695 124 49 4 8,423.1 136.4 1.6%
Outagamie 17,688 74,769 1,904 169 6 9,623.5 91.9 1.0%
Ozaukee 7,024 36,447 831 63 6 7,949.3 71.3 0.9%
Pepin 753 2,786 19 6 0 10,246.3 81.6 0.8%
Pierce 3,190 15,027 751 32 5 7,661.8 76.9 1.0%
Polk 3,400 17,146 45 30 0 7,744.9 68.3 0.9%
Portage 5,931 24,237 435 57 3 8,386.7 80.6 1.0%
Price 1,023 4,979 74 6 0 7,408.7 43.5 0.6%
Racine 19,128 94,195 2,360 276 17 9,799.0 141.4 1.4%
Richland 1,187 8,023 33 13 0 6,701.7 73.4 1.1%
Rock 13,256 67,135 1,270 129 11 8,271.3 80.5 1.0%
Rusk 1,196 4,463 37 14 1 8,229.0 96.3 1.2%
Sauk 4,880 32,807 225 34 6 7,784.8 54.2 0.7%
Sawyer 1,335 7,484 29 17 0 8,057.2 102.6 1.3%
Shawano 4,400 15,677 461 64 11 10,664.1 155.1 1.5%
Sheboygan 12,173 42,131 604 108 5 10,630.0 94.3 0.9%
St. Croix 5,864 31,636 1,347 35 2 6,650.9 39.7 0.6%
Taylor 1,703 5,286 204 19 7 8,275.0 92.3 1.1%
Trempealeau 3,193 10,970 83 33 1 10,885.7 112.5 1.0%
Vernon 1,670 11,768 58 32 2 5,513.9 105.7 1.9%
Vilas 1,812 7,769 94 31 2 8,367.2 143.1 1.7%
Walworth 8,329 37,787 2,130 114 12 8,116.7 111.1 1.4%
Washburn 1,157 5,745 70 15 2 7,298.3 94.6 1.3%
Washington 12,827 48,089 1,613 108 5 9,537.8 80.3 0.8%
Waukesha 37,761 154,959 3,653 392 32 9,472.4 98.3 1.0%
Waupaca 4,439 18,094 795 102 38 8,580.9 197.2 2.3%
Waushara 2,003 10,053 207 24 2 8,243.5 98.8 1.2%
Winnebago 16,081 72,596 2,280 165 18 9,496.1 97.4 1.0%
Wood 6,121 27,750 395 63 11 8,268.7 85.1 1.0%

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