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Hospitalizations drop as 160 new cases reported after the holidays

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After reporting no data on the Christmas holiday, Public Health of Madison and Dane County reported 160 new positives cases this morning which gives the county a new cumulative total of 32,119. All new cases were attributed to dates from December 24 and earlier as no new cases were reported for December 25. Recovered cases grew to 29,910 as active cases dropped to 2,038 or 6.3 percent of all cases.

Today, the number of people currently hospitalized in Dane County — both Dane County residents and people from neighboring counties —  dropped over the holidays to 117. Of those 117, there are now 36 people in the ICU.

For Dane County residents, the number of people ever hospitalized for COVID-19 has increased to 982. Of those additional eight people, there were two people in their 20s and two in their 50s. There were also one person in their 60s, one in their 70s, one in their 80s and one in their 90s. Of those eight additional people hospitalized, three were Black and one identified as Hispanic/Latinx.

The number of hospitalizations for residents in the county continues to impact adults 60 and older the most for the past few weeks; however the increases are steadily declining. Madison365 has graphed that growth from information gathered daily from PHMDC’s data which reflects that the number of hospitalized cases in adults in their 90s by 20.3 percent and adults in their 80s growing by 12.3 percent since December 12. Hospitalizations overall for Dane County residents have grown 8.6 percent since December 12.

Hospitalizations also continue to significantly impact our communities of color with those who are Asian in our community growing by 18.4 percent and those who American Indian/Native Alaskan grew by 14.3 percent since December 12. The percentage of hospitalizations for people who are Black in our community have grown 9.3 percent as those who are Hispanic/Latinx grew by 1.7 percent in hospitalizations during this time frame.

The 160 new cases were attributed to dates earlier this week, with 102 were attributed to December 24, 45 more to December 23 and 13 more for December 22. No new positive cases were attributed to December 25 though there were 1,026 negative tests attributed to that date. This brought the 7 day average of positive cases to 110.3 while the 14 day average of positive cases to 135.6.

With no negative cases for December 25, the percentage of positives for that date is at 0 while December 24 is at 2.6 and December 23 is at 3.3. The seven-day average is at 2.9 while the 14 day average as of December 25 remains at 3.8. Madison365 expects these numbers to adjust as Public Health of Madison and Dane County continue to receive updated results throughout the week.

All age groups between 10-69 grew by double digits today with those in their 20s with 34 new cases or 21.2 percent of all new cases. Adults in their 30s grew by 28 with adults in their 50s growing by 26 new cases and those in their 40s with 24. Those aged 10-19 grew by 20. new cases wile those in their 60s grew by 13. In single digit increases, children under 10 grew by seven new cases, while adults in their 70s grew by six and adults in their 80s and 90s both grew by one.

When looking at our communities of color, those who are Hispanic/Latinx grew by 19 new cases or 12 percent of all new cases when broken down by ethnicity. They continue to make up 15.6 percent of all cases since March while making up six percent of the population in Dane County. Black people in Dane County added 20 more cases and continue to make up 7.8 percent of all cases while those who are Asian grew by 12 new cases and still make up 3.6 percent of all cases.

Looking at growth over the past two weeks, infection in those in their 90s grew by 19.2 percent as adults in their 80s grew by 11.6 percent. Adults in their 70s grew by 9.8 percent and adults in their 60s by 9.0 since December 12.

In terms of case growth for the past two weeks for our communities of color, those who are Asian have seen the most growth since December 12th, with an increase of 8.9 percent. Black people have grown by 6.5 percent while those who are American Indian/Alaskan grew by 6.2 percent for the same time frame. For those who are Hispanic/Latinx, their growth since December 12 is at 6.5 percent.

UW reported10 new positives yesterday for students or staff from on-campus or off-campus testing. There are now 4,806 total positive cases for UW students and 524 positive cases for UW employees for a total of 5,330 total cases from UW since tracking began for campus. The most recent updated 7 day average of cases is now at 8.4 for both students and staff in on and off campus testing as of December 22. The 7 day average for the percentage of positives for students is at .6 percent for students and 0.9 percent for employees from on campus testing.

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.