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558 New COVID-19 Cases Reported

DHS reported 18 COVID-19 deaths.

By - May 12th, 2021 05:57 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

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

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 558 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday from 5,400 processed tests.

The seven-day case total stands at 3,442, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946. The seven-day testing total stands at 29,579, 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 11.64%, below the record high of 38.12% set December 4th. The 14-day average is 13.06%. 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 328 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 1 from the day prior and a decrease of 8 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 304.

The state reported 82 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 29,983 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 374 in the past week.

DHS reported 18 COVID-19 deaths. A total of 6,935 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,309 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 8.50, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 4.73.

Since September, Milwaukee County has gone from having the worst per-capita outbreak to the 17th worst in the state. The county fell as low as 26th in early November.

Menominee County has recorded 18,347.8 cases per 100,000 residents (unchanged). Dodge County has recorded 13,304.2 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 13,297.5). Jackson, Barron, Brown, Trempealeau, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Juneau, Oconto, Pepin, Chippewa, Shawano, Kewaunee, Calumet and Outagamie are the remaining counties leading Milwaukee.

According to DHS data, 11,222.4 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents (up from 11,213.5) have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began.

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 10,454.5 (up from 10,444.8).

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 May 6th and excluding the four days prior, indicates the city has a high transmission level (110.6) with regards to new cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days (100-149 is high transmission).

The city has moderate transmission based on the positive test rate (5.2%). Moderate transmission is defined as between 5% and 7.9%.

The adult vaccination rate (which the city defines as any individual over the age of 15 completing the dose course for any COVID-19 vaccine) stands at 35.2%. 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 1,743 8,680 195 12 5 8,504.5 58.6 0.7%
Ashland 1,263 7,614 98 15 0 7,961.9 94.6 1.2%
Barron 5,811 20,314 156 82 1 12,665.6 178.7 1.4%
Bayfield 1,145 7,302 125 19 0 7,530.9 125.0 1.7%
Brown 31,616 138,238 3,582 244 45 12,144.6 93.7 0.8%
Buffalo 1,364 5,600 34 7 0 10,097.0 51.8 0.5%
Burnett 1,381 6,509 143 22 0 8,940.2 142.4 1.6%
Calumet 5,795 22,687 672 51 5 11,257.7 99.1 0.9%
Chippewa 7,386 30,559 192 94 2 11,501.1 146.4 1.3%
Clark 3,258 11,457 402 59 4 9,378.0 169.8 1.8%
Columbia 5,436 28,516 398 57 12 9,515.5 99.8 1.0%
Crawford 1,721 7,816 61 17 0 10,395.7 102.7 1.0%
Dane 44,648 347,655 1,498 306 23 8,448.1 57.9 0.7%
Dodge 11,868 43,082 923 164 21 13,304.2 183.8 1.4%
Door 2,607 14,883 219 22 7 9,293.8 78.4 0.8%
Douglas 4,051 20,152 795 37 18 9,233.3 84.3 0.9%
Dunn 4,658 19,920 406 32 0 10,402.7 71.5 0.7%
Eau Claire 11,526 52,063 353 107 12 11,201.9 104.0 0.9%
Florence 446 1,676 55 12 0 10,088.2 271.4 2.7%
Fond du Lac 12,419 47,621 1,239 111 10 12,013.8 107.4 0.9%
Forest 960 4,572 79 23 3 10,455.2 250.5 2.4%
Grant 4,913 24,421 777 85 7 9,380.6 162.3 1.7%
Green 3,500 17,749 121 18 6 9,494.4 48.8 0.5%
Green Lake 1,573 8,272 441 19 3 8,240.8 99.5 1.2%
Iowa 2,030 11,677 88 10 1 8,529.8 42.0 0.5%
Iron 578 2,722 119 21 19 9,890.5 359.3 3.6%
Jackson 2,634 9,702 62 26 2 12,759.2 125.9 1.0%
Jefferson 8,390 38,018 1,204 109 23 9,908.5 128.7 1.3%
Juneau 3,178 15,037 114 22 6 11,810.6 81.8 0.7%
Kenosha 15,670 78,293 2,713 308 16 9,314.6 183.1 2.0%
Kewaunee 2,348 7,887 352 26 9 11,373.8 125.9 1.1%
La Crosse 12,783 58,562 795 87 1 10,802.6 73.5 0.7%
Lafayette 1,563 6,942 152 9 1 9,257.8 53.3 0.6%
Langlade 2,003 7,543 171 32 14 10,127.9 161.8 1.6%
Lincoln 3,063 11,410 214 64 28 10,769.3 225.0 2.1%
Manitowoc 7,559 32,455 1,249 70 19 9,418.8 87.2 0.9%
Marathon 14,675 54,542 1,542 188 37 10,891.3 139.5 1.3%
Marinette 4,163 19,826 462 66 4 10,169.0 161.2 1.6%
Marquette 1,374 6,543 188 23 5 8,934.8 149.6 1.7%
Menominee 804 3,944 8 11 0 18,347.8 251.0 1.4%
Milwaukee 105,993 514,996 10,090 1,309 47 11,222.4 138.6 1.2%
Monroe 4,543 20,009 107 37 1 9,876.5 80.4 0.8%
Oconto 4,463 17,959 559 55 9 11,756.5 144.9 1.2%
Oneida 3,631 15,750 160 71 6 10,110.5 197.7 2.0%
Outagamie 20,628 93,685 2,985 206 16 11,223.1 112.1 1.0%
Ozaukee 8,183 44,406 999 88 7 9,261.0 99.6 1.1%
Pepin 857 3,347 26 7 0 11,661.5 95.3 0.8%
Pierce 3,981 18,269 964 37 6 9,561.7 88.9 0.9%
Polk 4,526 20,765 135 52 8 10,309.8 118.5 1.1%
Portage 6,762 28,186 571 68 4 9,561.8 96.2 1.0%
Price 1,231 5,921 106 7 0 8,915.1 50.7 0.6%
Racine 21,813 103,646 3,090 348 29 11,174.5 178.3 1.6%
Richland 1,303 8,320 74 15 0 7,356.6 84.7 1.2%
Rock 16,051 79,874 1,909 174 23 10,015.3 108.6 1.1%
Rusk 1,316 5,384 58 17 1 9,054.6 117.0 1.3%
Sauk 5,830 35,798 277 48 6 9,300.3 76.6 0.8%
Sawyer 1,694 8,782 62 26 1 10,223.9 156.9 1.5%
Shawano 4,705 18,485 581 72 11 11,403.3 174.5 1.5%
Sheboygan 13,747 50,264 911 142 11 12,004.5 124.0 1.0%
St. Croix 7,911 40,542 1,684 53 7 8,972.5 60.1 0.7%
Taylor 1,870 6,262 236 24 8 9,086.5 116.6 1.3%
Trempealeau 3,542 12,942 106 42 3 12,075.5 143.2 1.2%
Vernon 1,924 13,080 71 39 3 6,352.6 128.8 2.0%
Vilas 2,260 9,506 146 39 2 10,435.9 180.1 1.7%
Walworth 9,478 44,206 2,830 136 23 9,236.5 132.5 1.4%
Washburn 1,468 7,040 90 20 2 9,260.1 126.2 1.4%
Washington 14,705 58,215 2,046 154 14 10,934.2 114.5 1.0%
Waukesha 43,765 188,131 4,940 531 52 10,978.5 133.2 1.2%
Waupaca 4,896 21,824 1,127 120 44 9,464.3 232.0 2.5%
Waushara 2,161 11,363 341 34 3 8,893.7 139.9 1.6%
Winnebago 18,164 86,762 3,088 197 22 10,726.1 116.3 1.1%
Wood 7,074 34,017 493 80 14 9,556.1 108.1 1.1%

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