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In third-biggest jump yet, Wisconsin passes 6,900 coronavirus cases

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In third-biggest jump yet, Wisconsin passes 6,900 coronavirus cases

In the third largest single-day increase of cases to date, 327 people in Wisconsin tested positive for coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 6,930.

Additionally, the more-important metric of positive cases as a percentage of tests performed in a 24-hour period went up significantly, from 6.95 percent Wednesday to 10.78 percent Thursday. That’s the second-highest daily percentage since the state began reporting it more than two weeks ago.

The total percentage of tests that have come back positive over the entire duration of the crisis has gone up to 8.99 percent.

Much of the increase is once again driven by Brown County, which reported 86 new cases. Brown County now has 1,057 confirmed cases, a rate of 407 cases per 100,000 residents. That is by far the highest rate in the state; Milwaukee is second with 308 cases per 100,000 residents.

Several other counties saw sharp increases in the past 24 hours as well. Kenosha County has 28 more positives, a 7 percent increase. In all, five staff and 79 inmates at the county’s two correctional facilities have tested positive. Kenosha County’s percentage of positives out of total tests is now at 17.27 percent. Kenosha County now has 232 cases per 100,000 residents, third most in the state.

Racine county now has 38 more positives than what was reported yesterday, a 10.7 percent increase. Their percent of positives out of total tests is now at 13.62 percent. Racine County now has 181 cases per 100,000 residents, fourth most in the state.
Milwaukee County saw its first significant jump in recent days, with 78 new cases bringing its total to 3,016. More than 17 percent of tests administered in Milwaukee County have come back positive.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services also announced today that about 49 percent of people who have tested positive have recovered.
Eight people died from COVID19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 316.
Latino people now make up 25 percent of total positive cases, while only making up seven percent of the state’s population. Black people make up 23 percent of positive cases, despite making up just six percent of the state’s population.