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428 New COVID-19 Cases Reported

DHS reported no COVID-19 deaths.

By - Mar 28th, 2021 06:40 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

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

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 428 new COVID-19 cases Sunday from 3,920 processed tests.

The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that 230 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 11 from the day prior and an increase of 37 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 304.

The state reported 30 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 27,433 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 331 in the past week.

DHS reported no COVID-19 deaths. A total of 6,598 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,257 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 6.63, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 20.40.

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 18,028.3 cases per 100,000 residents (unchanged). Dodge County has recorded 12,945.5 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 12,944.3). Jackson, Barron, Brown, Trempealeau, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Oconto, Juneau, Kewaunee, Chippewa, Shawano, Pepin, Eau Claire, Calumet and Outagamie are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.

According to DHS data, 10,631.5 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents (up from 10,619.6) have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began.

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 9,959.2 (up from 9,951.8).

The City of Milwaukee revised its gating criteria on March 26th 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 26th and excluding the four days prior, indicates the city has a substantial transmission level (68.3) with regards to new cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days (50-99 is substantial transmission).

The city has low transmission based on the positive test rate (3.8%). 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 10.4%. 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 1,622 8,032 166 10 5 7,914.1 48.8 0.6%
Ashland 1,198 6,997 75 16 0 7,552.2 100.9 1.3%
Barron 5,512 19,304 156 76 0 12,013.9 165.6 1.4%
Bayfield 1,076 6,879 92 19 0 7,077.1 125.0 1.8%
Brown 30,615 130,760 3,073 231 38 11,760.1 88.7 0.8%
Buffalo 1,325 5,346 34 7 0 9,808.3 51.8 0.5%
Burnett 1,227 6,035 139 22 0 7,943.3 142.4 1.8%
Calumet 5,587 21,344 608 46 4 10,853.6 89.4 0.8%
Chippewa 7,171 29,203 189 93 2 11,166.3 144.8 1.3%
Clark 3,166 10,799 393 58 4 9,113.2 166.9 1.8%
Columbia 5,169 27,099 381 56 12 9,048.1 98.0 1.1%
Crawford 1,677 7,470 54 17 0 10,129.9 102.7 1.0%
Dane 41,955 329,628 1,481 288 23 7,938.6 54.5 0.7%
Dodge 11,548 41,162 849 158 24 12,945.5 177.1 1.4%
Door 2,512 14,206 209 21 5 8,955.1 74.9 0.8%
Douglas 3,744 19,053 648 29 17 8,533.5 66.1 0.8%
Dunn 4,367 18,830 368 30 0 9,752.8 67.0 0.7%
Eau Claire 11,221 49,653 338 105 11 10,905.5 102.0 0.9%
Florence 430 1,610 50 12 0 9,726.3 271.4 2.8%
Fond du Lac 12,066 45,197 1,193 103 8 11,672.3 99.6 0.9%
Forest 935 4,307 71 23 3 10,183.0 250.5 2.5%
Grant 4,725 23,305 710 83 5 9,021.7 158.5 1.8%
Green 3,341 16,786 115 16 6 9,063.0 43.4 0.5%
Green Lake 1,536 7,838 432 18 3 8,046.9 94.3 1.2%
Iowa 1,947 11,107 89 10 1 8,181.0 42.0 0.5%
Iron 565 2,566 118 21 19 9,668.0 359.3 3.7%
Jackson 2,580 9,413 58 26 2 12,497.6 125.9 1.0%
Jefferson 8,025 35,854 1,085 105 21 9,477.4 124.0 1.3%
Juneau 3,041 14,463 106 20 2 11,301.5 74.3 0.7%
Kenosha 14,945 73,451 2,482 303 15 8,883.6 180.1 2.0%
Kewaunee 2,317 7,466 291 24 6 11,223.6 116.3 1.0%
La Crosse 12,394 55,012 770 80 0 10,473.8 67.6 0.6%
Lafayette 1,493 6,540 156 6 1 8,843.2 35.5 0.4%
Langlade 1,942 7,106 161 32 13 9,819.5 161.8 1.6%
Lincoln 2,939 10,742 206 58 20 10,333.3 203.9 2.0%
Manitowoc 7,347 30,580 1,166 68 18 9,154.7 84.7 0.9%
Marathon 13,864 51,251 1,444 184 34 10,289.4 136.6 1.3%
Marinette 3,999 18,574 411 65 3 9,768.4 158.8 1.6%
Marquette 1,325 6,182 181 21 6 8,616.2 136.6 1.6%
Menominee 790 3,756 7 11 0 18,028.3 251.0 1.4%
Milwaukee 100,412 471,014 9,495 1,257 43 10,631.5 133.1 1.3%
Monroe 4,376 18,930 105 34 1 9,513.5 73.9 0.8%
Oconto 4,315 16,934 481 49 7 11,366.6 129.1 1.1%
Oneida 3,495 14,950 146 69 5 9,731.9 192.1 2.0%
Outagamie 19,824 87,182 2,649 197 16 10,785.6 107.2 1.0%
Ozaukee 7,832 41,443 955 81 7 8,863.7 91.7 1.0%
Pepin 816 3,077 24 7 0 11,103.6 95.3 0.9%
Pierce 3,607 16,754 920 35 6 8,663.4 84.1 1.0%
Polk 4,019 19,386 101 44 4 9,154.9 100.2 1.1%
Portage 6,538 26,915 543 66 3 9,245.0 93.3 1.0%
Price 1,174 5,555 97 7 0 8,502.3 50.7 0.6%
Racine 20,636 97,478 2,780 335 26 10,571.6 171.6 1.6%
Richland 1,274 8,017 66 15 0 7,192.9 84.7 1.2%
Rock 14,730 74,870 1,646 163 16 9,191.0 101.7 1.1%
Rusk 1,273 5,043 50 16 1 8,758.8 110.1 1.3%
Sauk 5,465 34,891 267 44 6 8,718.1 70.2 0.8%
Sawyer 1,564 8,290 40 22 0 9,439.3 132.8 1.4%
Shawano 4,604 17,362 564 69 12 11,158.5 167.2 1.5%
Sheboygan 13,228 47,396 834 133 9 11,551.3 116.1 1.0%
St. Croix 6,721 35,943 1,639 47 7 7,622.9 53.3 0.7%
Taylor 1,802 5,903 241 23 9 8,756.1 111.8 1.3%
Trempealeau 3,449 12,258 104 38 3 11,758.5 129.6 1.1%
Vernon 1,873 12,539 64 38 3 6,184.2 125.5 2.0%
Vilas 2,186 8,875 142 39 2 10,094.2 180.1 1.8%
Walworth 9,010 41,401 2,563 134 20 8,780.4 130.6 1.5%
Washburn 1,347 6,467 78 18 2 8,496.8 113.5 1.3%
Washington 14,042 54,567 1,916 139 10 10,441.2 103.4 1.0%
Waukesha 41,855 176,149 4,533 498 45 10,499.4 124.9 1.2%
Waupaca 4,762 20,642 1,068 116 44 9,205.3 224.2 2.4%
Waushara 2,112 10,846 321 31 4 8,692.1 127.6 1.5%
Winnebago 17,428 81,867 2,916 186 21 10,291.5 109.8 1.1%
Wood 6,741 31,498 482 77 13 9,106.3 104.0 1.1%

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