671 New COVID-19 Cases, Lowest Since Christmas Holiday
Case count falling faster than testing totals
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 671 new COVID-19 cases Sunday from 4,527 processed tests. It’s the lowest case total reported since December 26th and September 7th before that.
The seven-day case total stands at 7,411, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946 and its lowest point since September 12th. The seven-day testing total stands at 34,733, 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. But the seven-day average hasn’t been below 10% since September 6th.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that 570 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, no change in the past 24 hours, but a decrease of 127 from a week ago. The total decreased every day for the past week. Thirty days ago the total was 1,054.
The state reported 61 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 24,885 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 587 in the past week.
DHS reported two new deaths. A total of 6,054 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,180 in Milwaukee County.
The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 31.17, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 41.07.
Menominee County has recorded 18,051.1 cases per 100,000 residents (no change). Dodge County has recorded 12,595.7 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 12,586.7). Jackson, Shawano, Trempealeau, Brown, Fond du Lac, Oconto, Sheboygan, Kewaunee, Barron, Chippewa, Calumet and Juneau are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.
According to DHS data, 10,182.3 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 10,169.7).
The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,510.8 (up from 9,499.2). Wisconsin has recorded a per-capita rate of 337.5 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.
Cases and deaths by county
Number of confirmed cases
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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 ††
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Adams | 1,526 | 7,414 | 156 | 11 | 3.00 | 7,445.70 | 53.7 | 0.70% |
Ashland | 1,160 | 6,558 | 64 | 16 | 0.00 | 7,312.60 | 100.9 | 1.40% |
Barron | 5,188 | 18,177 | 137 | 72 | 0.00 | 11,307.80 | 156.9 | 1.40% |
Bayfield | 1,054 | 6,418 | 64 | 18 | 0.00 | 6,932.40 | 118.4 | 1.70% |
Brown | 29,657 | 122,829 | 2,182 | 199 | 20.00 | 11,392.10 | 76.4 | 0.70% |
Buffalo | 1,291 | 5,000 | 30 | 7 | 0.00 | 9,556.60 | 51.8 | 0.50% |
Burnett | 1,124 | 5,725 | 127 | 23 | 0.00 | 7,276.50 | 148.9 | 2.00% |
Calumet | 5,334 | 19,507 | 499 | 39 | 2.00 | 10,362.10 | 75.8 | 0.70% |
Chippewa | 6,910 | 27,245 | 150 | 86 | 2.00 | 10,759.90 | 133.9 | 1.20% |
Clark | 3,128 | 9,969 | 374 | 56 | 4.00 | 9,003.80 | 161.2 | 1.80% |
Columbia | 4,903 | 25,754 | 369 | 46 | 7.00 | 8,582.50 | 80.5 | 0.90% |
Crawford | 1,644 | 7,134 | 47 | 17 | 0.00 | 9,930.50 | 102.7 | 1.00% |
Dane | 38,669 | 314,788 | 1,531 | 256 | 21.00 | 7,316.80 | 48.4 | 0.70% |
Dodge | 11,236 | 39,001 | 737 | 153 | 21.00 | 12,595.70 | 171.5 | 1.40% |
Door | 2,374 | 13,311 | 192 | 18 | 5.00 | 8,463.20 | 64.2 | 0.80% |
Douglas | 3,626 | 17,573 | 542 | 23 | 14.00 | 8,264.60 | 52.4 | 0.60% |
Dunn | 4,137 | 17,558 | 323 | 26 | 0.00 | 9,239.10 | 58.1 | 0.60% |
Eau Claire | 10,767 | 46,180 | 298 | 101 | 10.00 | 10,464.30 | 98.2 | 0.90% |
Florence | 430 | 1,545 | 34 | 12 | 0.00 | 9,726.30 | 271.4 | 2.80% |
Fond du Lac | 11,690 | 41,866 | 985 | 87 | 8.00 | 11,308.60 | 84.2 | 0.70% |
Forest | 914 | 4,019 | 70 | 22 | 3.00 | 9,954.30 | 239.6 | 2.40% |
Grant | 4,553 | 21,935 | 655 | 79 | 5.00 | 8,693.20 | 150.8 | 1.70% |
Green | 2,851 | 15,376 | 99 | 13 | 6.00 | 7,733.80 | 35.3 | 0.50% |
Green Lake | 1,508 | 7,256 | 416 | 17 | 3.00 | 7,900.30 | 89.1 | 1.10% |
Iowa | 1,815 | 10,424 | 88 | 9 | 1.00 | 7,626.40 | 37.8 | 0.50% |
Iron | 489 | 2,407 | 112 | 19 | 18.00 | 8,367.60 | 325.1 | 3.90% |
Jackson | 2,556 | 9,129 | 39 | 22 | 0.00 | 12,381.30 | 106.6 | 0.90% |
Jefferson | 7,665 | 33,786 | 918 | 73 | 6.00 | 9,052.30 | 86.2 | 1.00% |
Juneau | 2,923 | 14,049 | 81 | 18 | 1.00 | 10,862.90 | 66.9 | 0.60% |
Kenosha | 14,451 | 68,762 | 1,989 | 280 | 17.00 | 8,590.00 | 166.4 | 1.90% |
Kewaunee | 2,377 | 6,890 | 161 | 27 | 1.00 | 11,514.20 | 130.8 | 1.10% |
La Crosse | 11,905 | 49,965 | 629 | 74 | 0.00 | 10,060.60 | 62.5 | 0.60% |
Lafayette | 1,392 | 6,062 | 144 | 7 | 1.00 | 8,245.00 | 41.5 | 0.50% |
Langlade | 1,906 | 6,603 | 153 | 31 | 12.00 | 9,637.50 | 156.7 | 1.60% |
Lincoln | 2,842 | 10,025 | 187 | 56 | 17.00 | 9,992.30 | 196.9 | 2.00% |
Manitowoc | 7,066 | 28,240 | 1,075 | 61 | 15.00 | 8,804.50 | 76 | 0.90% |
Marathon | 13,403 | 47,371 | 1,309 | 170 | 32.00 | 9,947.20 | 126.2 | 1.30% |
Marinette | 3,931 | 16,958 | 374 | 61 | 2.00 | 9,602.30 | 149 | 1.60% |
Marquette | 1,289 | 5,777 | 166 | 21 | 5.00 | 8,382.10 | 136.6 | 1.60% |
Menominee | 791 | 3,752 | 2 | 11 | 0.00 | 18,051.10 | 251 | 1.40% |
Milwaukee | 96,170 | 440,327 | 8,545 | 1,180 | 35.00 | 10,182.30 | 124.9 | 1.20% |
Monroe | 4,159 | 17,670 | 84 | 30 | 1.00 | 9,041.70 | 65.2 | 0.70% |
Oconto | 4,195 | 15,858 | 422 | 47 | 7.00 | 11,050.50 | 123.8 | 1.10% |
Oneida | 3,259 | 14,119 | 131 | 62 | 4.00 | 9,074.70 | 172.6 | 1.90% |
Outagamie | 18,708 | 79,047 | 2,184 | 185 | 7.00 | 10,178.50 | 100.7 | 1.00% |
Ozaukee | 7,452 | 38,223 | 868 | 72 | 6.00 | 8,433.70 | 81.5 | 1.00% |
Pepin | 784 | 2,903 | 20 | 7 | 0.00 | 10,668.10 | 95.3 | 0.90% |
Pierce | 3,379 | 15,657 | 848 | 33 | 6.00 | 8,115.80 | 79.3 | 1.00% |
Polk | 3,689 | 17,886 | 61 | 42 | 0.00 | 8,403.20 | 95.7 | 1.10% |
Portage | 6,282 | 25,310 | 489 | 60 | 4.00 | 8,883.00 | 84.8 | 1.00% |
Price | 1,121 | 5,198 | 93 | 7 | 0.00 | 8,118.50 | 50.7 | 0.60% |
Racine | 20,003 | 95,500 | 2,514 | 302 | 28.00 | 10,247.30 | 154.7 | 1.50% |
Richland | 1,246 | 8,077 | 35 | 13 | 0.00 | 7,034.80 | 73.4 | 1.00% |
Rock | 13,987 | 69,752 | 1,481 | 148 | 13.00 | 8,727.40 | 92.3 | 1.10% |
Rusk | 1,234 | 4,673 | 40 | 16 | 1.00 | 8,490.40 | 110.1 | 1.30% |
Sauk | 5,141 | 33,658 | 236 | 37 | 6.00 | 8,201.20 | 59 | 0.70% |
Sawyer | 1,440 | 7,803 | 31 | 17 | 0.00 | 8,690.90 | 102.6 | 1.20% |
Shawano | 4,535 | 16,347 | 482 | 69 | 11.00 | 10,991.30 | 167.2 | 1.50% |
Sheboygan | 12,547 | 43,751 | 692 | 125 | 7.00 | 10,956.60 | 109.2 | 1.00% |
St. Croix | 6,206 | 33,021 | 1,547 | 41 | 4.00 | 7,038.80 | 46.5 | 0.70% |
Taylor | 1,766 | 5,511 | 211 | 20 | 9.00 | 8,581.10 | 97.2 | 1.10% |
Trempealeau | 3,316 | 11,404 | 88 | 36 | 2.00 | 11,305.10 | 122.7 | 1.10% |
Vernon | 1,776 | 12,226 | 62 | 35 | 3.00 | 5,863.90 | 115.6 | 2.00% |
Vilas | 2,022 | 8,144 | 112 | 32 | 2.00 | 9,336.90 | 147.8 | 1.60% |
Walworth | 8,697 | 39,041 | 2,304 | 122 | 16.00 | 8,475.40 | 118.9 | 1.40% |
Washburn | 1,253 | 6,060 | 70 | 18 | 2.00 | 7,903.90 | 113.5 | 1.40% |
Washington | 13,438 | 50,233 | 1,705 | 125 | 8.00 | 9,992.10 | 92.9 | 0.90% |
Waukesha | 39,602 | 161,520 | 3,964 | 457 | 41.00 | 9,934.20 | 114.6 | 1.20% |
Waupaca | 4,670 | 18,946 | 860 | 108 | 40.00 | 9,027.50 | 208.8 | 2.30% |
Waushara | 2,060 | 10,329 | 285 | 28 | 3.00 | 8,478.10 | 115.2 | 1.40% |
Winnebago | 16,691 | 75,347 | 2,564 | 175 | 19.00 | 9,856.30 | 103.3 | 1.00% |
Wood | 6,523 | 29,043 | 420 | 68 | 12.00 | 8,811.80 | 91.9 | 1.00% |
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