The state of Wisconsin confirmed 4,205 new coronavirus cases and 48 deaths on Wednesday, marking the highest number of fatalities reported in a single day. The Department of Health Services warned that single-day case statistics might seem inflated for the next few days, as staff work to clear a backlog of positive cases that built up while the reporting system was offline over the weekend, and that today’s total reflects new cases confirmed over several days.
The DHS website said Tuesday that it’s more useful to look at rolling averages of measures like new cases, deaths and positive test rate, because those are unaffected by which day the results are entered, as long as they’re entered in the same seven-day perioud.
The seven-day average of new cases is now 2,864. The seven-day average of deaths is now 20.7. And the seven-day positive test rate is a near-catastrophic 22.6 percent.
Locations of the 48 deaths include:
| Outagamie County | 4 |
| Sheboygan County | 4 |
| Winnebago County | 3 |
| Juneau County | 3 |
| Waukesha County | 2 |
| Racine County | 2 |
| Marathon County | 2 |
| Eau Claire County | 2 |
| Marinette County | 2 |
| Walworth County | 2 |
| Barron County | 2 |
| Buffalo County | 2 |
| Milwaukee County | 1 |
| Dane County | 1 |
| Brown County | 1 |
| Fond du Lac County | 1 |
| Jefferson County | 1 |
| Calumet County | 1 |
| Kenosha County | 1 |
| La Crosse County | 1 |
| Oneida County | 1 |
| Vilas County | 1 |
| Dunn County | 1 |
| Menominee County | 1 |
| Washburn County | 1 |
| Waupaca County | 1 |
| Trempealeau County | 1 |
| Florence County | 1 |
| Kewaunee County | 1 |
| Iron County | 1 |
The total death toll is now 1,681.
The highest local new case count came in Milwaukee County with 647.
Other counties’ new case counts are below.
| Milwaukee County | 647 |
| Waukesha County | 347 |
| Dane County | 300 |
| Brown County | 230 |
| Marathon County | 168 |
| Outagamie County | 157 |
| Sheboygan County | 156 |
| Dodge County | 130 |
| Racine County | 121 |
| Washington County | 110 |
| Rock County | 101 |
| Shawano County | 95 |
| Manitowoc County | 89 |
| Chippewa County | 85 |
| Winnebago County | 84 |
| St. Croix County | 83 |
| Kenosha County | 78 |
| Portage County | 66 |
| Oconto County | 60 |
| Oneida County | 58 |
| Ozaukee County | 53 |
| Fond du Lac County | 53 |
| Langlade County | 50 |
| Jefferson County | 48 |
| Eau Claire County | 47 |
| Calumet County | 46 |
| Walworth County | 43 |
| La Crosse County | 39 |
| Wood County | 37 |
| Waupaca County | 34 |
| Kewaunee County | 31 |
| Barron County | 31 |
| Columbia County | 30 |
| Monroe County | 29 |
| Clark County | 29 |
| Sauk County | 26 |
| Polk County | 26 |
| Marinette County | 24 |
| Grant County | 23 |
| Waushara County | 20 |
| Juneau County | 18 |
| Green County | 18 |
| Door County | 17 |
| Iowa County | 16 |
| Dunn County | 16 |
| Trempealeau County | 14 |
| Richland County | 14 |
| Lincoln County | 14 |
| Green Lake County | 14 |
| Florence County | 14 |
| Taylor County | 13 |
| Menominee County | 13 |
| Vernon County | 12 |
| Forest County | 12 |
| Vilas County | 11 |
| Adams County | 11 |
| Jackson County | 10 |
| Pepin County | 9 |
| Marquette County | 9 |
| Rusk County | 8 |
| Pierce County | 7 |
| Ashland | 7 |
| Washburn County | 6 |
| Price County | 6 |
| Douglas County | 6 |
| Buffalo County | 6 |
| Lafayette County | 5 |
| Burnett County | 5 |
| Crawford County | 3 |
| Bayfield County | 2 |
| Sawyer County | 1 |
| Iron County | 0 |
