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513 New COVID-19 Cases Reported

DHS reported 1 COVID-19 deaths.

By - May 14th, 2021 05:20 pm
COVID-19. Credit: U.S. Army.

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

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 485 new COVID-19 cases Friday from 4,138 processed tests.

The seven-day case total stands at 3,111, below November 18th’s record report of 45,946. The seven-day testing total stands at 27,277, 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 11.41%, below the record high of 38.12% set December 4th. The 14-day average is 12.24%. 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 326 people were actively hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease, an increase of 9 from the day prior and a decrease of 1 from a week ago. Thirty days ago the total was 317.

The state reported 65 people were newly hospitalized in the past 24 hours in its daily data release. A total of 30,124 people have required hospitalization since the outbreak began, 393 in the past week.

DHS reported 1 COVID-19 deaths. A total of 6,954 Wisconsin residents have died as a result of the virus, including 1,320 in Milwaukee County.

The 30-day average daily death total now stands at 8.63, below the December 23rd reported record of 53.43. Thirty days ago the rolling average was 5.30.

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 13,316.5 cases per 100,000 residents (up from 13,312.0). 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, 11,242.0 out of every 100,000 Milwaukee County residents (up from 11,230.4) have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak began.

The statewide average of cases per 100,000 residents rose to 10,471.7 (up from 10,462.9).

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 May 13th and excluding the four days prior, indicates the city has a substantial transmission level (80.3) 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 (4.0%). 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 vaccine) stands at 38.2%. 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 1,749 8,712 197 12 5 8,533.8 58.6 0.7%
Ashland 1,264 7,617 98 15 0 7,968.2 94.6 1.2%
Barron 5,815 20,339 157 82 1 12,674.4 178.7 1.4%
Bayfield 1,150 7,326 125 19 0 7,563.8 125.0 1.7%
Brown 31,654 138,624 3,593 244 45 12,159.2 93.7 0.8%
Buffalo 1,365 5,613 34 7 0 10,104.4 51.8 0.5%
Burnett 1,389 6,531 144 22 0 8,992.0 142.4 1.6%
Calumet 5,800 22,750 673 51 5 11,267.4 99.1 0.9%
Chippewa 7,399 30,637 191 94 2 11,521.3 146.4 1.3%
Clark 3,264 11,477 402 59 4 9,395.2 169.8 1.8%
Columbia 5,453 28,568 400 57 12 9,545.2 99.8 1.0%
Crawford 1,723 7,829 61 18 0 10,407.7 108.7 1.0%
Dane 44,704 348,617 1,497 306 23 8,458.7 57.9 0.7%
Dodge 11,879 43,175 927 164 21 13,316.5 183.8 1.4%
Door 2,614 14,934 219 22 7 9,318.7 78.4 0.8%
Douglas 4,064 20,194 802 39 18 9,262.9 88.9 1.0%
Dunn 4,661 19,958 406 32 0 10,409.4 71.5 0.7%
Eau Claire 11,543 52,150 354 107 12 11,218.5 104.0 0.9%
Florence 448 1,680 54 13 0 10,133.5 294.1 2.9%
Fond du Lac 12,438 47,778 1,240 111 10 12,032.2 107.4 0.9%
Forest 961 4,586 79 23 3 10,466.1 250.5 2.4%
Grant 4,913 24,455 779 85 7 9,380.6 162.3 1.7%
Green 3,503 17,791 122 18 6 9,502.5 48.8 0.5%
Green Lake 1,575 8,298 440 19 3 8,251.3 99.5 1.2%
Iowa 2,033 11,701 88 10 1 8,542.4 42.0 0.5%
Iron 578 2,729 119 21 19 9,890.5 359.3 3.6%
Jackson 2,640 9,710 62 26 2 12,788.2 125.9 1.0%
Jefferson 8,397 38,112 1,207 110 23 9,916.7 129.9 1.3%
Juneau 3,184 15,045 114 22 6 11,832.9 81.8 0.7%
Kenosha 15,714 78,586 2,721 308 16 9,340.7 183.1 2.0%
Kewaunee 2,352 7,905 352 26 9 11,393.1 125.9 1.1%
La Crosse 12,804 58,733 797 87 1 10,820.3 73.5 0.7%
Lafayette 1,565 6,964 152 9 1 9,269.7 53.3 0.6%
Langlade 2,008 7,557 170 32 14 10,153.2 161.8 1.6%
Lincoln 3,064 11,431 216 64 28 10,772.8 225.0 2.1%
Manitowoc 7,576 32,555 1,253 70 19 9,440.0 87.2 0.9%
Marathon 14,699 54,680 1,544 188 37 10,909.1 139.5 1.3%
Marinette 4,170 19,902 463 65 4 10,186.1 158.8 1.6%
Marquette 1,377 6,554 187 23 5 8,954.4 149.6 1.7%
Menominee 804 3,950 8 11 0 18,347.8 251.0 1.4%
Milwaukee 106,178 516,726 10,119 1,320 48 11,242.0 139.8 1.2%
Monroe 4,553 20,047 107 37 1 9,898.3 80.4 0.8%
Oconto 4,469 18,002 555 55 9 11,772.3 144.9 1.2%
Oneida 3,638 15,789 159 71 6 10,130.0 197.7 2.0%
Outagamie 20,666 94,034 2,988 206 16 11,243.7 112.1 1.0%
Ozaukee 8,193 44,537 1,002 89 7 9,272.3 100.7 1.1%
Pepin 859 3,348 26 7 0 11,688.7 95.3 0.8%
Pierce 3,988 18,303 964 37 6 9,578.5 88.9 0.9%
Polk 4,559 20,833 135 52 8 10,385.0 118.5 1.1%
Portage 6,768 28,243 576 68 4 9,570.3 96.2 1.0%
Price 1,232 5,930 106 7 0 8,922.4 50.7 0.6%
Racine 21,859 103,980 3,104 348 29 11,198.1 178.3 1.6%
Richland 1,306 8,317 74 15 0 7,373.5 84.7 1.1%
Rock 16,096 80,068 1,918 174 23 10,043.4 108.6 1.1%
Rusk 1,322 5,401 60 17 1 9,095.9 117.0 1.3%
Sauk 5,852 35,856 277 48 6 9,335.4 76.6 0.8%
Sawyer 1,701 8,800 79 26 1 10,266.2 156.9 1.5%
Shawano 4,708 18,535 581 72 11 11,410.6 174.5 1.5%
Sheboygan 13,762 50,409 910 142 11 12,017.6 124.0 1.0%
St. Croix 7,938 40,681 1,684 54 7 9,003.2 61.2 0.7%
Taylor 1,872 6,278 236 24 8 9,096.2 116.6 1.3%
Trempealeau 3,545 12,969 106 42 3 12,085.8 143.2 1.2%
Vernon 1,926 13,115 71 39 3 6,359.2 128.8 2.0%
Vilas 2,264 9,524 146 39 2 10,454.4 180.1 1.7%
Walworth 9,492 44,333 2,854 136 23 9,250.1 132.5 1.4%
Washburn 1,476 7,067 87 20 2 9,310.5 126.2 1.4%
Washington 14,719 58,413 2,051 154 14 10,944.6 114.5 1.0%
Waukesha 43,817 188,697 4,942 533 52 10,991.6 133.7 1.2%
Waupaca 4,898 21,878 1,130 120 44 9,468.2 232.0 2.4%
Waushara 2,164 11,414 344 34 3 8,906.1 139.9 1.6%
Winnebago 18,181 86,982 3,096 197 22 10,736.1 116.3 1.1%
Wood 7,082 34,123 495 80 14 9,566.9 108.1 1.1%

 

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