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338 New COVID-19 Cases

DHS reported no COVID-19 deaths.

By - Mar 22nd, 2021 08:14 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

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

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 338 new COVID-19 cases Monday from 2,937 processed tests.

The seven-day case total stands at 2,838, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946 and its lowest point since June 27th. The seven-day testing total stands at 19,975, 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 14.21%, below the record high of 38.12% set December 4th. The 14-day average is 13.15%. 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 203 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 10 from the day prior and a decrease of 11 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 350.

The state reported 24 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 27,126 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 305 in the past week.

DHS reported 0 COVID-19 deaths. A total of 6,576 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,249 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 9.73, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 22.57.

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 12,927.5 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 12,923.0). Jackson, Barron, Brown, Trempealeau, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Kewaunee, Oconto, Juneau, Shawano, Chippewa, Pepin, Eau Claire, Calumet and Outagamie are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.

According to DHS data, 10,555.1 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began (up from 10,547.1).

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,907.7 (up from 9,901.9).

The City of Milwaukee revised its gating criteria on March 18th in accordance with its new health order. The three criteria are intended to guide what phase of the health order the city should progress to, either loosening or tightening restrictions.

The five-level scale measures range from blue (good, low transmission) to purple (bad, extreme transmission).

The data, last updated March 18th and excluding the four days prior, indicates the city has a moderate transmission level (45.8) with regards to new cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days (10-49 is moderate transmission).

The city has low transmission based on the positive test rate (2.4%). Low transmission is defined as less than 5%.

The adult vaccination rate (which the city defines as any individual over the age of 15 completing the dose course for any COVID-19 rate) stands at 8.5%. The low transmission target is 80% and the city has not defined the lower benchmark thresholds.

The city is no longer using hospital bed usage, contact tracing or personal protective equipment supply to guide its COVID-19 health order.

The city is currently in phase six of its health order. According to a chart produced by the health department, the city would enter phase 7 when all three criteria reach the low transmission benchmarks.

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 1,609 7,944 164 10 5 7,850.7 48.8 0.6%
Ashland 1,190 6,888 74 16 0 7,501.7 100.9 1.3%
Barron 5,496 19,190 156 76 0 11,979.1 165.6 1.4%
Bayfield 1,068 6,805 90 19 0 7,024.5 125.0 1.8%
Brown 30,535 129,871 2,929 227 34 11,729.4 87.2 0.7%
Buffalo 1,324 5,307 34 7 0 9,800.9 51.8 0.5%
Burnett 1,225 6,097 139 23 0 7,930.3 148.9 1.9%
Calumet 5,553 21,133 592 46 4 10,787.6 89.4 0.8%
Chippewa 7,149 29,029 186 93 2 11,132.0 144.8 1.3%
Clark 3,161 10,670 393 58 4 9,098.8 166.9 1.8%
Columbia 5,142 26,949 380 55 12 9,000.8 96.3 1.1%
Crawford 1,671 7,444 53 17 0 10,093.6 102.7 1.0%
Dane 41,637 328,224 1,518 288 23 7,878.4 54.5 0.7%
Dodge 11,532 40,883 816 158 24 12,927.5 177.1 1.4%
Door 2,468 14,046 209 21 5 8,798.3 74.9 0.9%
Douglas 3,704 18,856 617 29 16 8,442.4 66.1 0.8%
Dunn 4,330 18,629 353 30 0 9,670.1 67.0 0.7%
Eau Claire 11,161 49,408 335 105 11 10,847.2 102.0 0.9%
Florence 425 1,596 49 12 0 9,613.2 271.4 2.8%
Fond du Lac 12,043 44,840 1,178 101 8 11,650.0 97.7 0.8%
Forest 934 4,278 72 23 3 10,172.1 250.5 2.5%
Grant 4,712 23,135 699 83 5 8,996.8 158.5 1.8%
Green 3,278 16,656 112 16 6 8,892.1 43.4 0.5%
Green Lake 1,527 7,763 432 18 3 7,999.8 94.3 1.2%
Iowa 1,935 11,016 89 10 1 8,130.6 42.0 0.5%
Iron 558 2,551 119 21 19 9,548.3 359.3 3.8%
Jackson 2,583 9,368 50 27 0 12,512.1 130.8 1.0%
Jefferson 8,002 35,572 1,019 106 20 9,450.3 125.2 1.3%
Juneau 3,034 14,410 106 20 2 11,275.5 74.3 0.7%
Kenosha 14,901 72,924 2,423 304 15 8,857.5 180.7 2.0%
Kewaunee 2,354 7,394 248 24 6 11,402.8 116.3 1.0%
La Crosse 12,340 54,485 758 80 0 10,428.2 67.6 0.6%
Lafayette 1,485 6,474 155 6 1 8,795.8 35.5 0.4%
Langlade 1,941 7,044 159 32 12 9,814.4 161.8 1.6%
Lincoln 2,930 10,651 201 60 18 10,301.7 211.0 2.0%
Manitowoc 7,314 30,286 1,159 67 17 9,113.6 83.5 0.9%
Marathon 13,819 50,775 1,442 183 34 10,256.0 135.8 1.3%
Marinette 3,986 18,412 408 65 3 9,736.7 158.8 1.6%
Marquette 1,323 6,120 180 21 6 8,603.2 136.6 1.6%
Menominee 795 3,663 3 11 0 18,142.4 251.0 1.4%
Milwaukee 99,691 467,209 9,323 1,249 43 10,555.1 132.2 1.3%
Monroe 4,363 18,757 96 34 1 9,485.2 73.9 0.8%
Oconto 4,311 16,787 464 48 7 11,356.1 126.4 1.1%
Oneida 3,463 14,844 146 68 5 9,642.7 189.3 2.0%
Outagamie 19,705 86,258 2,581 197 15 10,720.9 107.2 1.0%
Ozaukee 7,782 41,036 949 81 7 8,807.2 91.7 1.0%
Pepin 813 3,050 23 7 0 11,062.7 95.3 0.9%
Pierce 3,589 16,558 898 35 6 8,620.2 84.1 1.0%
Polk 4,011 19,221 86 45 3 9,136.7 102.5 1.1%
Portage 6,528 26,745 541 66 3 9,230.9 93.3 1.0%
Price 1,174 5,511 97 7 0 8,502.3 50.7 0.6%
Racine 20,531 97,151 2,736 331 30 10,517.8 169.6 1.6%
Richland 1,291 7,961 42 15 0 7,288.8 84.7 1.2%
Rock 14,636 74,377 1,590 164 15 9,132.4 102.3 1.1%
Rusk 1,279 4,998 42 16 1 8,800.1 110.1 1.3%
Sauk 5,410 34,712 263 44 6 8,630.3 70.2 0.8%
Sawyer 1,550 8,300 40 22 0 9,354.8 132.8 1.4%
Shawano 4,620 17,205 542 69 12 11,197.3 167.2 1.5%
Sheboygan 13,172 47,069 805 133 9 11,502.4 116.1 1.0%
St. Croix 6,626 35,589 1,631 47 7 7,515.1 53.3 0.7%
Taylor 1,796 5,852 243 22 9 8,726.9 106.9 1.2%
Trempealeau 3,422 12,108 99 37 3 11,666.4 126.1 1.1%
Vernon 1,864 12,480 63 37 3 6,154.5 122.2 2.0%
Vilas 2,180 8,787 136 38 2 10,066.5 175.5 1.7%
Walworth 8,949 41,070 2,501 133 20 8,720.9 129.6 1.5%
Washburn 1,338 6,511 73 18 2 8,440.0 113.5 1.3%
Washington 13,977 53,946 1,850 139 10 10,392.9 103.4 1.0%
Waukesha 41,574 174,099 4,396 496 45 10,428.9 124.4 1.2%
Waupaca 4,763 20,466 1,037 116 43 9,207.2 224.2 2.4%
Waushara 2,121 10,766 310 31 4 8,729.1 127.6 1.5%
Winnebago 17,343 81,272 2,833 186 21 10,241.3 109.8 1.1%
Wood 6,724 31,205 482 77 13 9,083.3 104.0 1.1%

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