516 New COVID-19 Cases

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 516 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday from 4,701 processed tests.

The seven-day case total stands at 2,719, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946 and its lowest point since June 26th. The seven-day testing total stands at 22,678, 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 11.99%, below the record high of 38.12% set December 4th. The 14-day average is 11.20%. 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 234 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, a decrease of 10 from the day prior and a decrease of 33 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 572.

The state reported 76 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 26,630 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 351 in the past week.

DHS reported 14 new deaths. A total of 6,524 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,251 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 15.63, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 30.00.

Since September, Milwaukee County has gone from having the worst per-capita outbreak to the 18th 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 12,871.5 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 12,862.5). 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, 10,462.4 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 10,454.4).

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,822.6 (up from 9,813.7).

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	1,595	7,836	163	10	5	7,782.4	48.8	0.6%
Ashland	1,179	6,831	72	16	0	7,432.4	100.9	1.4%
Barron	5,446	18,943	158	76	0	11,870.1	165.6	1.4%
Bayfield	1,059	6,728	85	19	0	6,965.3	125.0	1.8%
Brown	30,351	128,264	2,692	225	33	11,658.7	86.4	0.7%
Buffalo	1,322	5,249	33	7	0	9,786.1	51.8	0.5%
Burnett	1,212	6,049	140	23	0	7,846.2	148.9	1.9%
Calumet	5,492	20,799	577	43	4	10,669.0	83.5	0.8%
Chippewa	7,093	28,698	182	93	2	11,044.8	144.8	1.3%
Clark	3,158	10,482	393	58	4	9,090.1	166.9	1.8%
Columbia	5,086	26,733	378	54	12	8,902.8	94.5	1.1%
Crawford	1,668	7,420	52	17	0	10,075.5	102.7	1.0%
Dane	41,048	324,683	1,578	279	23	7,766.9	52.8	0.7%
Dodge	11,482	40,391	784	157	22	12,871.5	176.0	1.4%
Door	2,433	13,877	201	20	5	8,673.5	71.3	0.8%
Douglas	3,661	18,597	609	28	15	8,344.3	63.8	0.8%
Dunn	4,286	18,354	349	29	0	9,571.9	64.8	0.7%
Eau Claire	11,074	48,774	347	105	11	10,762.6	102.0	0.9%
Florence	422	1,590	47	12	0	9,545.4	271.4	2.8%
Fond du Lac	11,976	44,317	1,156	98	8	11,585.2	94.8	0.8%
Forest	926	4,202	70	23	3	10,084.9	250.5	2.5%
Grant	4,679	22,937	695	81	5	8,933.8	154.7	1.7%
Green	3,218	16,414	108	17	6	8,729.4	46.1	0.5%
Green Lake	1,523	7,650	429	18	3	7,978.8	94.3	1.2%
Iowa	1,893	10,884	88	10	1	7,954.1	42.0	0.5%
Iron	554	2,518	119	21	19	9,479.8	359.3	3.8%
Jackson	2,584	9,268	42	28	0	12,517.0	135.6	1.1%
Jefferson	7,941	35,200	970	113	13	9,378.2	133.5	1.4%
Juneau	3,005	14,461	102	19	1	11,167.7	70.6	0.6%
Kenosha	14,861	71,988	2,282	302	15	8,833.7	179.5	2.0%
Kewaunee	2,416	7,254	180	27	2	11,703.2	130.8	1.1%
La Crosse	12,262	53,683	737	80	0	10,362.3	67.6	0.7%
Lafayette	1,472	6,394	155	6	1	8,718.8	35.5	0.4%
Langlade	1,937	6,948	158	32	12	9,794.2	161.8	1.7%
Lincoln	2,918	10,510	193	58	17	10,259.5	203.9	2.0%
Manitowoc	7,277	29,812	1,142	66	17	9,067.5	82.2	0.9%
Marathon	13,717	49,943	1,423	182	33	10,180.3	135.1	1.3%
Marinette	3,977	18,199	403	63	3	9,714.7	153.9	1.6%
Marquette	1,313	6,044	181	21	5	8,538.2	136.6	1.6%
Menominee	795	3,728	2	11	0	18,142.4	251.0	1.4%
Milwaukee	98,815	461,281	9,105	1,251	40	10,462.4	132.5	1.3%
Monroe	4,343	18,521	94	34	1	9,441.7	73.9	0.8%
Oconto	4,295	16,550	452	48	7	11,313.9	126.4	1.1%
Oneida	3,426	14,716	142	69	4	9,539.7	192.1	2.0%
Outagamie	19,455	84,668	2,450	197	12	10,584.9	107.2	1.0%
Ozaukee	7,682	40,352	921	80	6	8,694.0	90.5	1.0%
Pepin	807	3,024	23	7	0	10,981.1	95.3	0.9%
Pierce	3,511	16,298	892	33	6	8,432.8	79.3	0.9%
Polk	3,977	18,856	74	46	1	9,059.2	104.8	1.2%
Portage	6,510	26,393	530	64	3	9,205.4	90.5	1.0%
Price	1,172	5,443	97	7	0	8,487.8	50.7	0.6%
Racine	20,422	97,803	2,672	323	30	10,461.9	165.5	1.6%
Richland	1,294	7,980	34	15	0	7,305.8	84.7	1.2%
Rock	14,517	73,398	1,536	162	14	9,058.1	101.1	1.1%
Rusk	1,269	4,896	40	16	1	8,731.3	110.1	1.3%
Sauk	5,338	34,543	254	43	6	8,515.5	68.6	0.8%
Sawyer	1,535	8,199	37	22	0	9,264.3	132.8	1.4%
Shawano	4,612	17,005	508	70	11	11,177.9	169.7	1.5%
Sheboygan	13,006	46,409	780	133	8	11,357.5	116.1	1.0%
St. Croix	6,482	34,783	1,612	44	4	7,351.8	49.9	0.7%
Taylor	1,772	5,788	247	21	9	8,610.3	102.0	1.2%
Trempealeau	3,411	11,942	93	38	2	11,628.9	129.6	1.1%
Vernon	1,848	12,484	64	38	3	6,101.6	125.5	2.1%
Vilas	2,161	8,648	124	38	2	9,978.8	175.5	1.8%
Walworth	8,902	40,669	2,421	129	20	8,675.1	125.7	1.4%
Washburn	1,308	6,401	72	18	2	8,250.8	113.5	1.4%
Washington	13,880	52,932	1,794	137	9	10,320.8	101.9	1.0%
Waukesha	41,030	170,704	4,239	489	45	10,292.4	122.7	1.2%
Waupaca	4,762	20,175	970	113	43	9,205.3	218.4	2.4%
Waushara	2,114	10,662	301	32	3	8,700.3	131.7	1.5%
Winnebago	17,182	80,058	2,769	184	21	10,146.2	108.7	1.1%
Wood	6,701	30,725	478	76	13	9,052.2	102.7	1.1%