178 New COVID-19 Cases
DHS reports no COVID-19 deaths.
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 178 new COVID-19 cases Monday from 2,054 processed tests.
The seven-day case total stands at 2,603, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946 and its lowest point since June 26th. The seven-day testing total stands at 22,721, 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.
The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that 255 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, a increase of 6 from the day prior and a decrease of 32 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 570.
The state reported 27 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 26,484 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 357 in the past week.
DHS reported no new deaths. A total of 6,481 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,244 in Milwaukee County.
The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 14.30, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 32.43.
Menominee County has recorded 18,142.4 cases per 100,000 residents (unchanged). Dodge County has recorded 12,853.5 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 12,847.9). Jackson, Barron, Kewaunee, Brown, Trempealeau, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Oconto, Shawano, Juneau, Chippewa, Pepin, Eau Claire, Calumet and Outagamie are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.
According to DHS data, 10,453.1 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 10,450.3).
The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,805.7 (up from 9,802.6).
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 | 1,593 | 7,819 | 163 | 10 | 5 | 7,772.6 | 48.8 | 0.6% |
| Ashland | 1,175 | 6,840 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 7,407.2 | 100.9 | 1.4% |
| Barron | 5,430 | 18,894 | 157 | 76 | 0 | 11,835.2 | 165.6 | 1.4% |
| Bayfield | 1,059 | 6,712 | 85 | 19 | 0 | 6,965.3 | 125.0 | 1.8% |
| Brown | 30,299 | 128,006 | 2,637 | 222 | 32 | 11,638.7 | 85.3 | 0.7% |
| Buffalo | 1,321 | 5,248 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 9,778.7 | 51.8 | 0.5% |
| Burnett | 1,211 | 6,033 | 142 | 23 | 0 | 7,839.7 | 148.9 | 1.9% |
| Calumet | 5,487 | 20,739 | 569 | 43 | 4 | 10,659.3 | 83.5 | 0.8% |
| Chippewa | 7,082 | 28,663 | 179 | 93 | 2 | 11,027.7 | 144.8 | 1.3% |
| Clark | 3,159 | 10,444 | 390 | 57 | 4 | 9,093.0 | 164.1 | 1.8% |
| Columbia | 5,081 | 26,675 | 378 | 54 | 11 | 8,894.1 | 94.5 | 1.1% |
| Crawford | 1,668 | 7,427 | 52 | 17 | 0 | 10,075.5 | 102.7 | 1.0% |
| Dane | 40,973 | 324,141 | 1,580 | 278 | 23 | 7,752.8 | 52.6 | 0.7% |
| Dodge | 11,466 | 40,303 | 779 | 157 | 22 | 12,853.5 | 176.0 | 1.4% |
| Door | 2,428 | 13,827 | 201 | 20 | 5 | 8,655.7 | 71.3 | 0.8% |
| Douglas | 3,653 | 18,589 | 614 | 27 | 15 | 8,326.1 | 61.5 | 0.7% |
| Dunn | 4,283 | 18,305 | 350 | 29 | 0 | 9,565.2 | 64.8 | 0.7% |
| Eau Claire | 11,046 | 48,682 | 344 | 105 | 10 | 10,735.4 | 102.0 | 1.0% |
| Florence | 421 | 1,592 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 9,522.7 | 271.4 | 2.9% |
| Fond du Lac | 11,975 | 44,276 | 1,149 | 97 | 8 | 11,584.3 | 93.8 | 0.8% |
| Forest | 925 | 4,190 | 69 | 23 | 3 | 10,074.1 | 250.5 | 2.5% |
| Grant | 4,673 | 22,926 | 691 | 81 | 5 | 8,922.4 | 154.7 | 1.7% |
| Green | 3,192 | 16,365 | 110 | 16 | 6 | 8,658.9 | 43.4 | 0.5% |
| Green Lake | 1,521 | 7,642 | 430 | 18 | 3 | 7,968.4 | 94.3 | 1.2% |
| Iowa | 1,883 | 10,857 | 88 | 10 | 1 | 7,912.1 | 42.0 | 0.5% |
| Iron | 552 | 2,508 | 120 | 21 | 19 | 9,445.6 | 359.3 | 3.8% |
| Jackson | 2,584 | 9,273 | 42 | 23 | 0 | 12,517.0 | 111.4 | 0.9% |
| Jefferson | 7,928 | 35,107 | 964 | 113 | 14 | 9,362.9 | 133.5 | 1.4% |
| Juneau | 2,992 | 14,475 | 103 | 19 | 1 | 11,119.4 | 70.6 | 0.6% |
| Kenosha | 14,823 | 71,871 | 2,263 | 301 | 15 | 8,811.1 | 178.9 | 2.0% |
| Kewaunee | 2,414 | 7,228 | 180 | 27 | 2 | 11,693.5 | 130.8 | 1.1% |
| La Crosse | 12,291 | 53,525 | 680 | 80 | 0 | 10,386.8 | 67.6 | 0.7% |
| Lafayette | 1,464 | 6,385 | 154 | 6 | 1 | 8,671.4 | 35.5 | 0.4% |
| Langlade | 1,937 | 6,926 | 158 | 32 | 12 | 9,794.2 | 161.8 | 1.7% |
| Lincoln | 2,918 | 10,492 | 193 | 59 | 17 | 10,259.5 | 207.4 | 2.0% |
| Manitowoc | 7,260 | 29,791 | 1,140 | 64 | 18 | 9,046.3 | 79.7 | 0.9% |
| Marathon | 13,707 | 49,806 | 1,412 | 181 | 33 | 10,172.9 | 134.3 | 1.3% |
| Marinette | 3,970 | 18,149 | 404 | 63 | 3 | 9,697.6 | 153.9 | 1.6% |
| Marquette | 1,313 | 6,041 | 181 | 21 | 5 | 8,538.2 | 136.6 | 1.6% |
| Menominee | 795 | 3,736 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 18,142.4 | 251.0 | 1.4% |
| Milwaukee | 98,727 | 460,325 | 9,018 | 1,244 | 40 | 10,453.1 | 131.7 | 1.3% |
| Monroe | 4,339 | 18,469 | 94 | 33 | 1 | 9,433.0 | 71.7 | 0.8% |
| Oconto | 4,286 | 16,515 | 452 | 48 | 7 | 11,290.2 | 126.4 | 1.1% |
| Oneida | 3,418 | 14,665 | 141 | 69 | 4 | 9,517.4 | 192.1 | 2.0% |
| Outagamie | 19,402 | 84,309 | 2,436 | 197 | 12 | 10,556.0 | 107.2 | 1.0% |
| Ozaukee | 7,657 | 40,197 | 925 | 80 | 6 | 8,665.7 | 90.5 | 1.0% |
| Pepin | 806 | 3,015 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 10,967.5 | 95.3 | 0.9% |
| Pierce | 3,503 | 16,270 | 891 | 33 | 6 | 8,413.6 | 79.3 | 0.9% |
| Polk | 3,964 | 18,816 | 74 | 43 | 1 | 9,029.6 | 97.9 | 1.1% |
| Portage | 6,495 | 26,307 | 526 | 64 | 3 | 9,184.2 | 90.5 | 1.0% |
| Price | 1,168 | 5,428 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 8,458.9 | 50.7 | 0.6% |
| Racine | 20,384 | 97,835 | 2,673 | 323 | 30 | 10,442.5 | 165.5 | 1.6% |
| Richland | 1,293 | 7,981 | 34 | 15 | 0 | 7,300.1 | 84.7 | 1.2% |
| Rock | 14,485 | 73,312 | 1,536 | 159 | 14 | 9,038.2 | 99.2 | 1.1% |
| Rusk | 1,266 | 4,887 | 40 | 16 | 1 | 8,710.6 | 110.1 | 1.3% |
| Sauk | 5,325 | 34,511 | 247 | 42 | 6 | 8,494.7 | 67.0 | 0.8% |
| Sawyer | 1,533 | 8,185 | 37 | 22 | 0 | 9,252.2 | 132.8 | 1.4% |
| Shawano | 4,603 | 16,963 | 504 | 70 | 11 | 11,156.1 | 169.7 | 1.5% |
| Sheboygan | 12,987 | 46,285 | 778 | 132 | 8 | 11,340.9 | 115.3 | 1.0% |
| St. Croix | 6,456 | 34,696 | 1,618 | 43 | 4 | 7,322.3 | 48.8 | 0.7% |
| Taylor | 1,769 | 5,774 | 248 | 21 | 9 | 8,595.7 | 102.0 | 1.2% |
| Trempealeau | 3,405 | 11,915 | 93 | 37 | 2 | 11,608.5 | 126.1 | 1.1% |
| Vernon | 1,842 | 12,516 | 64 | 38 | 3 | 6,081.8 | 125.5 | 2.1% |
| Vilas | 2,156 | 8,633 | 124 | 38 | 2 | 9,955.7 | 175.5 | 1.8% |
| Walworth | 8,875 | 40,578 | 2,406 | 129 | 20 | 8,648.8 | 125.7 | 1.5% |
| Washburn | 1,304 | 6,382 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 8,225.6 | 113.5 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 13,855 | 52,781 | 1,790 | 135 | 9 | 10,302.2 | 100.4 | 1.0% |
| Waukesha | 40,927 | 170,261 | 4,220 | 487 | 45 | 10,266.6 | 122.2 | 1.2% |
| Waupaca | 4,751 | 20,138 | 964 | 111 | 43 | 9,184.0 | 214.6 | 2.3% |
| Waushara | 2,106 | 10,649 | 308 | 32 | 3 | 8,667.4 | 131.7 | 1.5% |
| Winnebago | 17,136 | 79,997 | 2,762 | 183 | 21 | 10,119.0 | 108.1 | 1.1% |
| Wood | 6,696 | 30,637 | 477 | 74 | 13 | 9,045.5 | 100.0 | 1.1% |
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If we count ALL tests, the positivity rate is down to 2.2%.
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/data.htm#encounter
The health impact by race and ethnicity is also interesting:
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/disparities.htm