Wisconsin gets nearly 11,000 coronavirus test results: 1 in 3 positive

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MADISON, Wisconsin (WBAY) – For the first time in four days, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has received more than 10,000 coronavirus test results. DHS reported 10,938 results Thursday, and 1 in 3 came back positive for 3,643 newly identified cases. This is above the 7-day average of 3,192 cases per day for the past week, and the positivity rate of 33.3% is also above its 7-day average, which we calculate is 31.9%. Cases have been identified in 71 of 72 counties in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin’s COVID-19 death rate rose for a second day in a row to 0.95%, erasing progress since October 16. The death rate has increased slowly since Nov. 15, when it hit a low of 0.84%. DHS reported 59 more deaths, bringing the death toll from COVID-19 to 4,255. The 7-day average has remained stable at 44 deaths per day, but 5 of the past 7 days have been above that average.

Deaths have been reported in Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Eau Claire, Grant (2), Jackson (2), Kenosha (3), La Crosse (4), Marquette, Milwaukee (11), Monroe, Oneida (2), Outagamie (2), the counties of Portage, Racine (5), Sauk, Sainte-Croix, Trempealeau (2), Vilas (2), Walworth (2), Waukesha (3), Waupaca, Winnebago (5) and Wood ( 3), while the death toll has been revised in Rock County.

As always, the county case and death numbers will be updated later in this article.

To date, a total of 448,441 people have tested positive for the coronavirus and 2,273,936 have tested negative in Wisconsin. At our current 7-day average, Wisconsin could hit half a million cases around New Years, less than 10 months after the virus arrived in our state.

The number of recovered cases has exceeded 400,000 (403,706), or 90% of all known cases – a number and percentage that has been increasing since November. 40,378 other people are still active cases, or 9% of known cases.

DHS recognizes that some of these patients who fall into the broad “cured” category may still have lingering effects from their infection, such as “brain fog” or loss of taste or smell.

HOSPITALIZATIONS

DHS has reported 129 more COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours. This corresponds to the 7-day average of 130 hospitalizations per day. This moving average has been falling for 12 days now – a positive development.

Based on the latest available data, the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) reported 1,410 people were being treated in hospitals on Wednesday for COVID-19, including 314 in intensive care. This is the fewest COVID-19 patients in hospitals both since October 27 and the fewest in ICU since October 25. COVID-19 hospitalizations peaked at 2,277 patients on November 17. We’ll have updated hospitalization figures later Thursday afternoon, and this report will be updated.

Hospitalized 24 hour change ICU 24 hour change
Statewide 1,410 -51 314 -17
Fox valley 81 -5 14 -1
Northeast 113 +6 23 -3

Daily changes in hospitalizations take into account new admissions, discharges and deaths.

The state fairground alternative care facility was treating 5 patients on Wednesday, as on Tuesday. The field hospital opened on October 14 to reduce the workload in hospitals by accepting COVID-19 patients who were about to leave the hospital but still needed care.

PREPARATION IN THE HOSPITAL

On Wednesday, the WHA reported that 16% of intensive care beds and 17.4% of all hospital beds in the state’s 134 hospitals were open.

The Fox Valley region has 16 of its 104 open intensive care beds (15.4%) and 104 open beds overall (12.2%).

The Northeast region has 34 of its 207 open ICU beds (16.4%) and 183 open beds overall (19.1%).

These beds are intended for all patients, not just COVID-19, and the ability to fill a bed depends on the hospital’s ability to have the necessary medical and support staff.

The needs for personal protective equipment (PPE) are largely unchanged: 18 hospitals have less than 7 days of gowns, 14 lack paper medical masks (1 more than Tuesday), 11 have less than a week of supply of glasses, and 7 are low on N95 masks (up from 9 on Tuesday).

THURSDAY COUNTY CASE NUMBERS (Counties with new cases or deaths are shown in bold)

Wisconsin*

  • Adams – 1227 cases (+15) (10 dead)
  • Ashland – 912 cases (+6) (13 deaths)
  • Barron – 4,132 cases (+47) (50 dead)
  • Bayfield – 859 cases (+12) (16 deaths)
  • Brown – 24,770 cases (+69) (155 deaths)
  • Ox – 925 cases (+8) (6 deaths)
  • Burnett – 934 cases (+9) (16 deaths)
  • Calumet – 4453 cases (+20) (31 deaths) (+1)
  • Chippewa – 5,538 cases (+34) (63 deaths)
  • Clark – 2582 cases (+34) (46 deaths) (+1)
  • Colombia – 3,951 cases (+39) (24 deaths) (+1)
  • Crawford – 1489 cases (+10) (11 deaths)
  • Danish – 31108 cases (+255) (136 deaths)
  • Dodge – 9823 cases (+39) (95 deaths)
  • Door – 1838 cases (+21) (13 deaths)
  • Douglas – 2742 cases (+31) (16 deaths)
  • Dunn – 3,251 cases (+39) (20 dead)
  • Eau Claire – 8,649 cells (+49) (67 deaths) (+1)
  • Florence – 382 cases (12 deaths)
  • Fond du Lac – 9,787 spaces (+90) (60 deaths) (+1)
  • Forest – 791 crates (+3) (20 dead)
  • Grant – 3,908 cases (+23) (75 deaths) (+2)
  • Green – 2080 cases (+38) (7 deaths)
  • Green Lake – 1313 cases (+11) (10 dead)
  • Iowa – 1540 cases (+26) (5 deaths)
  • Iron – 404 crates (+3) (10 dead)
  • Jackson – 2114 cases (+18) (8 deaths) (+2)
  • Jefferson – 6,137 cases (+34) (48 deaths)
  • Juneau – 2239 cases (+21) (8 deaths)
  • Kenosha – 11,304 cases (+105) (187 deaths) (+3)
  • Kewaunee – 1909 cases (+21) (22 deaths)
  • La Crosse – 9,384 cases (+87) (50 deaths) (+4)
  • Lafayette – 1167 cases (+4) (4 deaths)
  • Langlade – 1704 cases (+9) (29 deaths)
  • Lincoln – 2248 cases (+21) (36 deaths)
  • Manitowoc – 5,651 cases (+49) (49 deaths) (+1)
  • Marathon – 11133 cases (+57) (143 deaths)
  • Marinette – 3380 cases (+36) (38 deaths)
  • Marquette – 1110 cases (+2) (16 deaths) (+1)
  • Menominee – 677 cases (+11) (9 deaths)
  • Milwaukee – 79396 (+740) (845 deaths) (+11)
  • Monroe – 3,148 cases (+35) (21 deaths) (+1)
  • Oconto – 3569 cases (+30) (35 deaths)
  • Oneida – 2652 cases (+21) (48 deaths) (+2)
  • Outagamy – 15,189 cases (+83) (147 deaths) (+2)
  • Ozaukee – 5739 cases (+26) (45 deaths)
  • Pip – 594 cases (+6) (4 deaths)
  • Pierce – 2701 cases (+43) (23 deaths)
  • Polk – 2754 cases (+15) (21 deaths)
  • Portage – 5,195 cases (+20) (45 deaths) (+1)
  • Price – 874 cases (+4) (4 deaths)
  • Root – 16,227 cases (+135) (231 deaths) (+5)
  • Richland – 1,001 cases (+16) (13 deaths)
  • Rock – 11172 cases (+170) (103 deaths) (revised deaths -1 by state)
  • Rusk – 1037 crates (+8) (11 deaths)
  • Sauk – 4,129 cases (+59) (24 deaths) (+1)
  • Sawyer – 1088 cases (+11) (9 deaths)
  • Shawano – 3,969 cases (+31) (53 deaths)
  • Sheboygan – 10,577 cases (+99) (83 deaths)
  • Holy Cross – 5038 cases (+24) (23 deaths) (+1)
  • Taylor – 1500 cases (+11) (13 deaths)
  • Trempealeau – 2786 cases (+11) (26 deaths) (+2)
  • Vernon – 1376 cases (+19) (20 dead)
  • Vilas – 1476 cases (+13) (21 deaths) (+2)
  • Walworth – 7,105 cases (+78) (74 deaths) (+2)
  • Washburn – 927 cases (+8) (8 deaths)
  • Washington – 10,687 cases (+88) (89 deaths)
  • Waukesha – 31,630 cases (+293) (295 deaths) (+3)
  • Waupaca – 3,929 cases (+10) (94 deaths) (+1)
  • Waushara – 1847 cases (+1) (13 deaths)
  • Winnebago – 14,427 cases (+75) (144 deaths) (+5)
  • Wood – 5,157 cases (+54) (36 deaths) (+3)

Upper Michigan Peninsula **

  • Algiers – 178 cases (+1) (1 death)
  • Baraga – 456 cases (+4) (28 deaths)
  • Chippewa – 476 cases (+6) (9 deaths) (+1)
  • Delta – 2427 cases (+9) (56 deaths) (+2)
  • Dickinson – 1905 cases (+14) (52 deaths)
  • Gogebic – 697 cases (+3) (12 deaths)
  • Houghton – 1522 cases (+8) (17 deaths)
  • Iron – 740 cases (+2) (32 deaths)
  • Keweenaw – 68 cases (1 death)
  • Luce – 125 cases
  • Mackinac – 249 cases (+2) (1 death)
  • Marquette – 3003 cases (+11) (48 deaths) (+1)
  • Menominee – 1353 cases (+10) (22 deaths) (revised deaths -1 by state)
  • Ontonagon – 272 cases (14 deaths)
  • Schoolcraft – 189 cases (+1) (3 deaths) (+1)

* Cases and deaths are from daily DHS COVID-19 reports, which may differ from local health department numbers. DHS reports cases of all health departments within a county, including tribal, municipal, and county health departments; county websites cannot. Additionally, public health departments update their data at different times, while DHS freezes the numbers it receives at the same time each day to compile the afternoon report.

The EDS reports deaths attributed to COVID-19 or in which COVID-19 contributed to their deaths. Most people severely affected by the coronavirus have underlying illnesses or conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease or obesity, which increase the risk of dying from COVID-19. They would have lived longer without their infection. The state may revise the numbers of cases and deaths after further examination, such as the victim’s residence, duplicate records, or a correction of lab results. Details can be found on the DHS website and on Frequently Asked Questions.

** The state of Michigan does not update figures on Sunday. Monday’s figures include updates from the Saturday reporting deadline.

Symptoms

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified these symptoms as possible symptoms of COVID-19:

  • Fever of 100.4 or more
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath
  • Chills
  • Repeated shaking with chills
  • Muscle pain
  • Headache
  • Sore throat
  • New loss of taste or smell

Prevention

  • The coronavirus is a new virus, or “new”. No one has natural immunity to it. Children and adolescents seem to recover from the virus better. Seniors and those with underlying health conditions (heart disease, diabetes, lung disease) are considered high risk, according to the CDC. Precautions are also necessary for people with developing or weakened immune systems.
  • To help prevent the spread of the virus:
  • Stay at least six feet from other people
  • Avoid close contact with people who are or appear to be sick
  • Stay home as much as possible
  • Cancel events and avoid groups, gatherings, play dates and non-essential appointments
  • Stay home when you are sick, except for medical attention
  • Wash your hands regularly for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol
  • Cover your mouth and nose with a mask. At a minimum, use a tissue when you cough or sneeze, or use the inside of your elbow.

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