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464 New COVID-19 Cases

DHS reports no COVID-19 deaths.

By - Feb 28th, 2021 06:42 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

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

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 464 new COVID-19 cases Sunday from 3,762 processed tests.

The seven-day case total stands at 4,385, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946 and is comparable to yesterday’s seven-day total. The seven-day testing total stands at 38,818, 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 11.30%, below the record high of 38.12% set December 4th. The 14-day average is 12.20%. 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 290 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, a decrease of 14 from the day prior and a decrease of 57 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 678.

The state reported 39 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 26,127 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 384 in the past week.

DHS reported no new deaths. A total of 6,412 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,237 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 18.40, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 34.73.

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 12,791.9 cases per 100,000 residents. Jackson, Kewaunee, Barron, Brown, Fond du Lac, Trempealeau, Sheboygan, Oconto, Shawano, Juneau, Pepin, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Calumet, Outagamie and Racine are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.

According to DHS data, 10,399.0 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 10,391.2).

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,755.3 (up from 9,747.3).

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 1,578 7,730 161 10 5 7,699.4 48.8 0.6%
Ashland 1,175 6,776 66 16 0 7,407.2 100.9 1.4%
Barron 5,362 18,735 147 76 0 11,687.0 165.6 1.4%
Bayfield 1,065 6,643 74 19 0 7,004.7 125.0 1.8%
Brown 30,188 126,797 2,449 223 27 11,596.1 85.7 0.7%
Buffalo 1,319 5,223 33 7 0 9,763.9 51.8 0.5%
Burnett 1,205 5,976 137 23 0 7,800.9 148.9 1.9%
Calumet 5,470 20,474 544 43 3 10,626.3 83.5 0.8%
Chippewa 7,043 28,379 181 92 2 10,967.0 143.3 1.3%
Clark 3,155 10,320 388 57 4 9,081.5 164.1 1.8%
Columbia 5,031 26,555 379 51 9 8,806.5 89.3 1.0%
Crawford 1,668 7,390 50 17 0 10,075.5 102.7 1.0%
Dane 40,517 321,795 1,583 273 23 7,666.5 51.7 0.7%
Dodge 11,411 40,065 773 155 21 12,791.9 173.8 1.4%
Door 2,418 13,739 195 20 5 8,620.0 71.3 0.8%
Douglas 3,674 18,358 562 26 14 8,374.0 59.3 0.7%
Dunn 4,262 18,174 330 28 0 9,518.3 62.5 0.7%
Eau Claire 11,009 48,185 300 104 10 10,699.5 101.1 0.9%
Florence 434 1,576 34 12 0 9,816.8 271.4 2.8%
Fond du Lac 11,982 43,833 1,064 93 8 11,591.0 90.0 0.8%
Forest 925 4,162 69 23 3 10,074.1 250.5 2.5%
Grant 4,648 22,765 690 80 5 8,874.6 152.7 1.7%
Green 3,147 16,197 110 16 6 8,536.8 43.4 0.5%
Green Lake 1,525 7,570 419 18 3 7,989.3 94.3 1.2%
Iowa 1,853 10,744 87 9 1 7,786.0 37.8 0.5%
Iron 541 2,481 117 20 19 9,257.4 342.2 3.7%
Jackson 2,575 9,248 40 23 0 12,473.4 111.4 0.9%
Jefferson 7,870 34,834 949 111 14 9,294.4 131.1 1.4%
Juneau 2,982 14,494 86 19 1 11,082.2 70.6 0.6%
Kenosha 14,823 71,312 2,133 300 15 8,811.1 178.3 2.0%
Kewaunee 2,414 7,156 166 27 1 11,693.5 130.8 1.1%
La Crosse 12,230 52,899 655 78 0 10,335.2 65.9 0.6%
Lafayette 1,463 6,313 148 7 1 8,665.5 41.5 0.5%
Langlade 1,934 6,836 156 32 12 9,779.0 161.8 1.7%
Lincoln 2,909 10,368 193 58 17 10,227.8 203.9 2.0%
Manitowoc 7,239 29,542 1,124 64 17 9,020.1 79.7 0.9%
Marathon 13,681 49,177 1,344 176 33 10,153.6 130.6 1.3%
Marinette 3,981 18,021 383 63 3 9,724.5 153.9 1.6%
Marquette 1,307 5,996 179 21 5 8,499.2 136.6 1.6%
Menominee 795 3,774 2 11 0 18,142.4 251.0 1.4%
Milwaukee 98,216 456,154 8,853 1,237 37 10,399.0 131.0 1.3%
Monroe 4,318 18,316 93 31 1 9,387.4 67.4 0.7%
Oconto 4,263 16,353 446 48 7 11,229.7 126.4 1.1%
Oneida 3,378 14,552 136 67 4 9,406.1 186.6 2.0%
Outagamie 19,271 83,161 2,339 195 12 10,484.8 106.1 1.0%
Ozaukee 7,629 39,772 895 77 6 8,634.0 87.1 1.0%
Pepin 807 2,998 19 7 0 10,981.1 95.3 0.9%
Pierce 3,476 16,135 890 33 6 8,348.7 79.3 0.9%
Polk 3,923 18,604 67 44 0 8,936.2 100.2 1.1%
Portage 6,477 26,152 523 64 3 9,158.8 90.5 1.0%
Price 1,157 5,367 97 7 0 8,379.2 50.7 0.6%
Racine 20,347 97,862 2,593 320 29 10,423.5 163.9 1.6%
Richland 1,287 8,068 34 14 0 7,266.3 79.0 1.1%
Rock 14,402 72,636 1,535 159 14 8,986.4 99.2 1.1%
Rusk 1,253 4,824 40 16 1 8,621.2 110.1 1.3%
Sauk 5,285 34,365 239 41 6 8,430.9 65.4 0.8%
Sawyer 1,514 8,111 34 21 0 9,137.5 126.7 1.4%
Shawano 4,593 16,861 501 70 11 11,131.8 169.7 1.5%
Sheboygan 12,896 45,821 760 128 8 11,261.4 111.8 1.0%
St. Croix 6,381 34,336 1,615 43 4 7,237.2 48.8 0.7%
Taylor 1,799 5,706 213 21 9 8,741.5 102.0 1.2%
Trempealeau 3,386 11,800 92 36 2 11,543.7 122.7 1.1%
Vernon 1,831 12,546 64 36 3 6,045.5 118.9 2.0%
Vilas 2,136 8,512 124 36 2 9,863.3 166.2 1.7%
Walworth 8,837 40,240 2,385 127 19 8,611.8 123.8 1.4%
Washburn 1,295 6,310 70 18 2 8,168.8 113.5 1.4%
Washington 13,746 52,187 1,767 134 8 10,221.1 99.6 1.0%
Waukesha 40,625 168,215 4,159 482 43 10,190.8 120.9 1.2%
Waupaca 4,782 19,930 888 112 42 9,244.0 216.5 2.3%
Waushara 2,098 10,640 305 31 3 8,634.5 127.6 1.5%
Winnebago 17,046 79,376 2,692 183 21 10,065.9 108.1 1.1%
Wood 6,698 30,274 439 73 12 9,048.2 98.6 1.1%

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