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423 New COVID-19 Cases

DHS reports no COVID-19 deaths for the second day in a row.

By - Feb 22nd, 2021 05:33 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

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

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 423 new COVID-19 cases Monday from 3,674 processed tests.

The seven-day case total stands at 4,290, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946 and its lowest point since July 9th. The seven-day testing total stands at 31,700, 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 13.53%, below the record high of 38.12% set December 4th. The 14-day average is 14.34%. 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.

The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that 346 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, a decrease of 1 from a day prior and 66 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 771.

The state reported 32 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 25,775 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 435 in the past week.

DHS reported no new deaths. A total of 6,284 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,221 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 19.97, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 33.7.

Since September, Milwaukee County has gone from having the worst per-capita outbreak to the 19th worst in the state. The county fell as low as 26th in early November.

Menominee County has recorded 18,142.4 cases per 100,000 residents (unchanged). Dodge County has recorded 12,741.4 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 12,737.0). Jackson, Kewaunee, Barron, Brown, Fond du Lac, Trempealeau, Oconto, Sheboygan, Juneau, Shawano, Chippewa, Pepin, Eau Claire, Calumet, Outagamie and Racine are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.

According to DHS data, 10,336.8 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 10,331.2).

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,686.8 (up from 9,679.5).

Data from DHS

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 1,570 7,628 161 11 4 7,660.4 53.7 0.7%
Ashland 1,171 6,712 64 16 0 7,382.0 100.9 1.4%
Barron 5,305 18,570 145 75 0 11,562.8 163.5 1.4%
Bayfield 1,063 6,590 69 19 0 6,991.6 125.0 1.8%
Brown 30,054 125,465 2,336 219 26 11,544.6 84.1 0.7%
Buffalo 1,312 5,166 29 7 0 9,712.0 51.8 0.5%
Burnett 1,186 5,909 132 23 0 7,677.9 148.9 1.9%
Calumet 5,432 20,156 538 43 2 10,552.5 83.5 0.8%
Chippewa 7,009 27,914 180 90 2 10,914.0 140.1 1.3%
Clark 3,149 10,194 384 57 4 9,064.2 164.1 1.8%
Columbia 5,001 26,357 378 51 8 8,754.0 89.3 1.0%
Crawford 1,665 7,320 48 17 0 10,057.4 102.7 1.0%
Dane 40,001 319,547 1,555 267 22 7,568.8 50.5 0.7%
Dodge 11,366 39,724 765 155 21 12,741.4 173.8 1.4%
Door 2,404 13,608 193 19 5 8,570.1 67.7 0.8%
Douglas 3,651 17,995 553 24 14 8,321.6 54.7 0.7%
Dunn 4,232 17,978 327 28 0 9,451.3 62.5 0.7%
Eau Claire 10,938 47,520 303 104 10 10,630.5 101.1 1.0%
Florence 432 1,569 34 12 0 9,771.5 271.4 2.8%
Fond du Lac 11,910 43,128 1,039 91 8 11,521.4 88.0 0.8%
Forest 924 4,126 69 23 3 10,063.2 250.5 2.5%
Grant 4,619 22,536 677 79 5 8,819.3 150.8 1.7%
Green 3,077 15,968 109 16 6 8,346.9 43.4 0.5%
Green Lake 1,520 7,485 420 18 3 7,963.1 94.3 1.2%
Iowa 1,848 10,648 87 9 1 7,765.0 37.8 0.5%
Iron 531 2,463 116 20 19 9,086.2 342.2 3.8%
Jackson 2,575 9,180 40 23 0 12,473.4 111.4 0.9%
Jefferson 7,827 34,598 947 76 8 9,243.6 89.8 1.0%
Juneau 2,978 14,408 85 19 1 11,067.3 70.6 0.6%
Kenosha 14,727 70,442 2,092 299 16 8,754.0 177.7 2.0%
Kewaunee 2,412 7,074 164 27 1 11,683.8 130.8 1.1%
La Crosse 12,133 51,647 654 75 0 10,253.3 63.4 0.6%
Lafayette 1,442 6,243 146 7 1 8,541.1 41.5 0.5%
Langlade 1,929 6,775 155 31 12 9,753.8 156.7 1.6%
Lincoln 2,892 10,238 189 56 17 10,168.1 196.9 1.9%
Manitowoc 7,190 29,043 1,114 63 17 8,959.1 78.5 0.9%
Marathon 13,585 48,502 1,332 172 32 10,082.3 127.7 1.3%
Marinette 3,974 17,547 379 62 2 9,707.4 151.4 1.6%
Marquette 1,297 5,939 175 21 5 8,434.1 136.6 1.6%
Menominee 795 3,755 2 11 0 18,142.4 251.0 1.4%
Milwaukee 97,629 450,187 8,768 1,221 37 10,336.8 129.3 1.3%
Monroe 4,275 18,099 87 31 1 9,293.9 67.4 0.7%
Oconto 4,247 16,205 443 48 7 11,187.5 126.4 1.1%
Oneida 3,342 14,370 135 66 4 9,305.8 183.8 2.0%
Outagamie 19,086 81,891 2,289 191 10 10,384.1 103.9 1.0%
Ozaukee 7,580 39,308 890 74 6 8,578.5 83.7 1.0%
Pepin 801 2,976 20 7 0 10,899.4 95.3 0.9%
Pierce 3,434 15,957 881 33 6 8,247.9 79.3 1.0%
Polk 3,862 18,403 65 44 0 8,797.3 100.2 1.1%
Portage 6,425 25,939 514 64 3 9,085.3 90.5 1.0%
Price 1,149 5,321 95 7 0 8,321.3 50.7 0.6%
Racine 20,226 97,169 2,565 314 29 10,361.5 160.9 1.6%
Richland 1,280 8,022 34 14 0 7,226.7 79.0 1.1%
Rock 14,309 71,634 1,547 151 14 8,928.3 94.2 1.1%
Rusk 1,245 4,776 40 16 1 8,566.1 110.1 1.3%
Sauk 5,236 34,124 237 39 6 8,352.7 62.2 0.7%
Sawyer 1,496 8,010 33 21 0 9,028.9 126.7 1.4%
Shawano 4,566 16,684 497 70 11 11,066.4 169.7 1.5%
Sheboygan 12,772 45,016 738 126 8 11,153.1 110.0 1.0%
St. Croix 6,310 33,974 1,603 42 4 7,156.7 47.6 0.7%
Taylor 1,792 5,635 211 20 9 8,707.5 97.2 1.1%
Trempealeau 3,376 11,672 90 36 2 11,509.6 122.7 1.1%
Vernon 1,813 12,497 63 36 3 5,986.1 118.9 2.0%
Vilas 2,080 8,382 121 36 2 9,604.7 166.2 1.7%
Walworth 8,777 39,876 2,369 125 19 8,553.3 121.8 1.4%
Washburn 1,287 6,238 70 18 2 8,118.3 113.5 1.4%
Washington 13,667 51,577 1,742 131 8 10,162.4 97.4 1.0%
Waukesha 40,343 166,190 4,106 471 43 10,120.1 118.2 1.2%
Waupaca 4,760 19,565 865 111 42 9,201.4 214.6 2.3%
Waushara 2,091 10,548 308 30 3 8,605.6 123.5 1.4%
Winnebago 16,949 77,806 2,664 183 20 10,008.6 108.1 1.1%
Wood 6,667 29,896 439 73 12 9,006.3 98.6 1.1%

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