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Dane County reports 175 new coronavirus cases; hospitalizations drop slightly

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Public Health of Madison and Dane County reported 175 new COVID-19 cases this morning, bringing the total for all cases in county to 15,925. The number of recovered cases has risen to 12,956 as the number of active cases dropped to 2,920 or about 18.34 percent of all cases.

The number of people currently hospitalized for COVID-19 in Dane County hospitals to 128,  a drop from yesterday’s record high of 131. Of those 128, 31 are currently in the ICU. This includes patients who live in and outside of Dane County.

The number of Dane County residents ever hospitalized has increased by four to 532. This update includes two adults in their 50s, one in their 70s and one in their 80s. One person hospitalized is Asian and one person identifies as Hispanic.

Of the 175 cases reported today, 36 were attributed to October 31 while an additional 114 cases were attributed to October 30, increasing that day’s positive test count to 236, while 25 more cases were added to October 29 increasing that day’s count to 333. This gives October 29 the second-highest count of any single day.

Age groups from 10-69 grew by double digits today. Those in their 20s grew by 43, with a total of 24.6 percent of all new cases, while those in their 40s grew by 29, or 16.6 percent of all new cases. Those in their 30s grew by 28 followed by those aged 10-19 by 25 and those in their 50s by 24. Adults in their 60s grew by 13 new cases as children aged 0-9 grew by six. Those in their 70s grew by four and adults in their 80s grew by three additional cases.

Madison365 is unable to report the percentage of increase the past two weeks as from late afternoon on October 16 through October 20, PHMDC was unable to provide a daily update due to an upgrade on the Department of Health Services’ system. Looking at the increase since October 25, those aged in their 90s grew the most with a 25.6 percent increase while those in their 80s grew by 23.3 percent followed by adults in their 70s with 22.6 percent and children aged 0-9 with 21.5 percent.

Data for communities of color also continue to see growths and over-representation in their populations. Those who identify as American Indian/Alaskan saw a growth of 26.7 percent in cases for the past week while those who identify has Hispanic/Latinx grew around 20.7 percent in cases. Black people in Dane County grew by 14.4 percent as Asian people grew by 11.9 percent since October 25.

Dane County’s seven-day average for cases is now at 239 per day while the 14-day average is at 223 cases per day. The Forward Dane reopening plan required that the daily new case average fall below 20 before moving to the next phase.

The most updated data on positive test percentage for a single day is for October 31, which is 1percent, while the positive test percentage for October 30 has increased to 5.1 percent. The positive percentage for October 29 has also increased and is now at 6 percent and October 28 has grown to 6.4. Madison365 expects that these numbers will be adjusted as more negative and positive tests are fully processed and attributed to the appropriate dates in the coming days. The break down for each day can be found on Public Health of Madison and Dane County’s Dashboard.

UW reported two new COVID-19 cases, with 18 new cases – 14 of whom were students and four that were employees from on campus testing. The seven-day percent positive rate has increased for UW to 1.7 percent while the 7 day average of cases has risen to 28.3 cases per day. In total, according to UW’s Smart Restart Dashboard, there are now 3356 students who have tested positive and 195 employees for a total of 3,551 cumulative cases for UW students and staff.

Madison365 updated our weekly map for COVID-19 cases within our county tracts this past Friday. Our team will continue to update this data and publish it weekly.

We will have an update later this afternoon for statewide numbers after 2 pm.