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MADISON, Wisconsin (WBAY) – Sunday’s coronavirus report shows the seven-day average of new cases in Wisconsin increased for the first time after days of decline.
3831 NEW CASES. 40.28% POSITIVITY RATE.
The state reported 3,831 new cases of coronavirus after receiving 9,511 test results, which means 40.28% came back positive. It comes a day after the state reported a 53.30% positivity rate on Saturday. Health experts want that number to drop below 5% to consider the virus to be under control.
The 7-day average for new cases increased slightly after dropping daily since November 19. Sunday’s average fell from 4,243 to 4,289.
Fewer test results and fewer new cases are expected throughout the weekend due to the closure of several community testing sites for the holiday weekend. This can lead to an increase in numbers for days after testing sites reopen and staff return to normal to complete test results and verify deaths from COVID-19.
Of Sunday’s new results, 5,680 people have tested negative.
22 MORE DEATHS.
On Sunday, 22 more deaths were added to the state’s death toll from COVID-19. That brought the 7-day average to 43 after dropping to 40 on Saturday. That average fell below 50 on Friday after more than a week of averages ranging from 52 to 55 per day.
The death rate has remained stable since Saturday at 0.86% after two days at 0.87%. That percentage had fallen from 0.84% on Tuesday. A total of 3,307 people in Wisconsin have died from illness caused by the coronavirus.
County case and death numbers will be updated later in this article.
Prevea President / CEO Dr Ashok Rai told Action 2 News This Morning on Thursday: “I think it’s important to share some good news: our numbers are starting to go down, our hospitalizations are going down. slightly downward trend. The staff are coming back. We are doing a little better. How our behavior this week translates into continuing to do better will really matter. (Watch her full interviews here.)
To date, 384,701 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. Another 2.143 million in Wisconsin have tested negative.
117 NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said 117 patients with COVID-19 have been hospitalized since Saturday afternoon. The average 7-day hospital stay increased slightly on Sunday to 168. As of February 5, the state says 16,999 patients with COVID-19 have been hospitalized.
The number of active cases fell to 69,894 on Sunday. These are people who have been diagnosed within the past 30 days and have not been medically cleared. That’s down to 18.2%, a decrease from Saturday’s report of 18.6%. There are now more than 311,000 people (311,438) considered to be recovered, or 81.0%.
On Sunday, the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) reported 1,824 patients with COVID-19 were in hospitals, including 398 in intensive care. This is the first time that the number of COVID-19 patients in the ICU has fallen below 400 since November 9, when there were 396. There were exactly 400 COVID-19 patients in the USI Friday. Changes in the number of hospitalizations take into account deaths and discharges.
The state fair’s alternative care center had 6 patients on Sunday, a decrease from Saturday’s report of 8. The field hospital is supposed to help free up hospital beds by taking patients who are on. about to be released from the hospital but not quite ready, such as those who are ambulatory but still need oxygen.
PREPARATION IN THE HOSPITAL
The WHA also reports that there are 198 intensive care beds open in the state’s 134 hospitals, indicating that 86.5% of the state’s intensive care beds are occupied. Overall, 15.89% of the state’s nursing beds are open.
The Fox Valley region, which has eight counties, treats 111 patients with COVID-19, including 21 in intensive care. The region has 10 intensive care beds open among the 13 hospitals, a decrease from Saturday. WHA figures indicate that 9.61% of ICU beds and 12.42% of all beds are open.
The northeastern region of seven counties treats 158 patients with COVID-19, including 49 in ICUs. The region has 25 intensive care beds open among 10 hospitals, or 12.07% of intensive care beds, and 19.56% of hospital beds in the region are open overall.
The need for supplies is unchanged – 24 hospitals reporting less than a week’s worth of gowns, 12 still lack paper medical masks, 9 need glasses and 7 need N95 masks.
SUNDAY COUNTY CASE NUMBERS (Counties with new cases or deaths are shown in bold.) *
Wisconsin*
- Adams – 1034 cases (+4) (7 deaths)
- Ashland – 663 cases (+7) (9 deaths)
- Barron – 3580 cases (+22) (41 deaths)
- Bayfield – 670 cases (12 deaths) (+ 1)
- Brown – 22,536 cases (+151) (137 deaths)
- Buffalo – 799 cases (+14) (4 deaths)
- Burnett – 770 cases (+7) (12 deaths) (+ 1)
- Calumet – 4037 cases (+12) (25 deaths)
- Chippewa – 4598 cases (+63) (51 deaths) (+1)
- Clark – 2145 cases (+23) (38 deaths) (+1)
- Colombia – 3461 cases (+46) (12 deaths)
- Crawford – 1207 cases (+15) (7 deaths)
- Danish – 27,236 cases (+393) (80 dead)
- Dodge – 8,313 cases (+43) (71 deaths)
- Door – 1592 cases (+17) (11 deaths)
- Douglas – 2036 cases (+40) (1 death)
- Dunn – 2790 cases (+25) (12 deaths)
- Eau Claire – 7,756 cells (+95) (57 deaths)
- Florence – 311 cases (11 deaths)
- Fond du Lac – 8,382 spaces (+183) (50 dead)
- Forest – 720 cases (Revised status, decrease of 1) (17 deaths)
- Stock exchange – 3444 cases (+29) (62 deaths)
- Green – 1675 cases (+20) (5 deaths)
- Green Lake – 1183 cases (+10) (6 deaths)
- Iowa – 1286 cases (+13) (5 deaths)
- Iron – 351 crates (+2) (10 dead)
- Jackson – 1712 cases (+15) (4 deaths)
- Jefferson – 5,294 cases (+34) (39 deaths)
- Juneau – 1895 cases (+8) (7 deaths)
- Kenosha – 9,270 cases (+61) (142 deaths)
- Kewaunee – 1689 cases (+12) (16 deaths)
- La Crosse – 8,011 houses (+105) (35 deaths)
- Lafayette – 1078 cases (+14) (3 deaths)
- Langlade – 1515 cases (+5) (26 deaths) (+1)
- Lincoln – 1934 cases (+27) (28 deaths) (+1)
- Manitowoc – 4846 cases (+56) (37 deaths)
- Marathon – 9665 cases (+61) (123 deaths)
- Marinette – 2951 cases (+36) (28 deaths)
- Marquette – 1022 cases (+3) (15 deaths)
- Menominee – 556 cases (8 deaths)
- Milwaukee – 67831 (+816) (735 deaths) (+2)
- Monroe – 2566 cases (+38) (13 deaths) (+ 1)
- Oconto – 3,125 cases (+16) (27 deaths)
- Oneida – 2291 cases (+29) (34 deaths) (+ 4)
- Outagamy – 13,647 cases (+40) (126 deaths) (+ 3)
- Ozaukee – 4692 cases (+14) (36 deaths)
- Pip – 473 cases (+16) (2 deaths)
- Pierce – 2128 cases (+19) (17 deaths)
- Polk – 2141 cases (+44) (9 deaths) (+ 1)
- Portage – 4655 cases (+42) (36 deaths)
- Price – 716 cases (4 deaths)
- Root – 14,018 cases (+180) (164 deaths) (+1)
- Richland – 865 cases (+2) (13 deaths)
- Rock – 9,366 cases (+85) (81 deaths)
- Rusk – 869 crates (+17) (7 deaths)
- Sauk – 3533 cases (+44) (18 deaths)
- Sawyer – 890 cases (+4) (7 deaths)
- Shawano – 3671 cases (+19) (47 deaths)
- Sheboygan – 9058 cases (+78) (54 deaths)
- Holy Cross – 4,296 cases (+55) (20 dead)
- Taylor – 1171 cases (+4) (10 dead)
- Trempealeau – 2377 cases (+20) (15 deaths)
- Vernon – 1138 cases (+18) (11 deaths) (+ 2)
- Vilas – 1240 cases (+9) (13 deaths)
- Walworth – 5858 cases (+32) (48 deaths)
- Washburn – 682 cases (+16) (3 deaths) (+ 1)
- Washington – 8,730 cases (+20) (70 dead)
- Waukesha – 25,944 cases (+308) (195 dead)
- Waupaca – 3664 cases (+24) (85 deaths)
- Waushara – 1742 cases (+13) (10 deaths) (+ 1)
- Winnebago – 13,099 cases (+75) (107 deaths)
- Wood – 4,212 cases (+63) (26 deaths)
Upper Michigan Peninsula **
- Algiers – 158 cases (1 death)
- Baraga – 406 cases (15 deaths)
- Chippewa – 360 cases (5 deaths)
- Delta – 2,188 cases (48 deaths)
- Dickinson – 1,621 cases (40 deaths)
- Gogebic – 567 cases (11 deaths)
- Houghton – 1,255 cases (11 deaths)
- Iron – 680 cases (29 deaths)
- Keweenaw – 56 cases (1 death)
- Luce – 117 cases
- Mackinac – 206 cases
- Marquette – 2,507 cases (29 deaths)
- Menominee – 1,158 cases (16 deaths)
- Ontonagon – 249 cases (12 deaths)
- Schoolcraft – 161 cases (1 death)
* Viewers asked us why the state had different numbers than reported on some county health department websites. DHS reports cases from all health departments within a county, including tribal, city, and county health departments; county websites cannot. Additionally, public health departments update their data at different times as 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 a person’s risk of dying from COVID-19 but would have lived longer long 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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