More people are currently hospitalized due to COVID-19 than ever before — 528 — and six more have died as the effects of the recent spike in coronavirus spread begin to be felt in Wisconsin.
The state confirmed 2,392 new coronavirus cases Tuesday on just under 13,300 tests, for a positive test rate of 18 percent. Those results bring the total case count to 108,324, of which over 16,300 are considered active, about 900 more than Tuesday.
Today is the 20th day of the past 21 that the positive test rate has been over 10 percent.
Wisconsin’s positive test rate for the past seven days is now 17.33 percent, and the 14-day rate is down slightly to 16.4 percent. Today’s data brings the seven-day average of new cases rose to 1,940 and the 14-day average to 1,698.
Six new fatalities were reported today — four in one each in Brown, Racine, Waukesha, Waupaca, Winnebago and Wood Counties — bringing the total death toll to 1,265.
Wisconsin has averaged 4.86 deaths per day over the past week and 5.23 per day over the past two weeks.
The highest local new case count came in Milwaukee County, with a stunning 316 new cases and 27.43 percent positive tests.
Other localities with higher case totals and positive tests rates include:
Barron County: 12 new cases, 8.63 percent positive tests
Brown County: 189 new cases, 19.85 percent positive tests
Burnett County: 10 new cases, 58.82 percent positive tests
Calumet County: 42 new cases, 15.85 percent positive tests
Clark County: 12 new cases, 19.35 percent positive tests
Dane County: 163 new cases, 12.67 percent positive tests
Dodge County: 51 new cases, 21.07 percent positive tests
Door County: 29 new cases, 65.91 percent positive tests
Dunn County: 23 new cases, 37.1 percent positive tests
Eau Claire County: 31 new cases, 21.23 percent positive tests
Fond du Lac County: 52 new cases, 24.3 percent positive tests
Forest County: 20 new cases, 13.79 percent positive tests
Grant County: 21 new cases, 25.93 percent positive tests
Green Lake County: 16 new cases, 21.62 percent positive tests
Jackson County: 10 new cases, 33.33 percent positive tests
Jefferson County: 20 new cases, 19.61 percent positive tests
Juneau County: 17 new cases, 7.59 percent positive tests
Kenosha County: 53 new cases, 38.69 percent positive tests
Kewaunee County: 31 new cases, 24.22 percent positive tests
La Crosse County: 53 new cases, 18.03 percent positive tests
Langlade County: 11 new cases, 28.95 percent positive tests
Manitowoc County: 39 new cases, 42.86 percent positive tests
Marathon County: 42 new cases, 17.28 percent positive tests
Marinette County: 33 new cases, 26.09 percent positive tests
Marquette County: 16 new cases, 21.05 percent positive tests
Monroe County: 21 new cases, 19.27 percent positive tests
Oconto County: 36 new cases, 20 percent positive tests
Oneida County: 32 new cases, 24.81 percent positive tests
Outagamie County: 127 new cases, 11 percent positive tests
Ozaukee County: 25 new cases, 11.85 percent positive tests
Portage County: 16 new cases, 72.73 percent positive tests
Racine County: 71 new cases, 11.81 percent positive tests
Rock County: 55 new cases, 19.71 percent positive tests
Sauk County: 26 new cases, 35.14 percent positive tests
Shawano County: 45 new cases, 95.74 percent positive tests
Sheboygan County: 28 new cases, 17.83 percent positive tests
Trempeleau County: 16 new cases, 19.51 percent positive tests
Walworth County: 22 new cases, 7.07 percent positive tests
Washington County: 62 new cases, 15.05 percent positive tests
Waukesha County: 107 new cases, 14.8 percent positive tests
Waupaca County: 21 new cases, 23.86 percent positive tests
Waushara County: 15 new cases, 23.08 percent positive tests
Winnebago County: 180 new cases, 61.43 percent positive tests
Wood County: 21 new cases, 10.55 percent positive tests
The number hospitalized with COVID-19 on Tuesday jumped to 528, the most the pandemic began and the second consecutive day over 500. The previous highest level of hospitalization to date was yesterday at 509, and before that it was on April 9, with 446 hospitalized. Today’s total is 19 more than Wednesday and 181 more than a week ago — meaning the population of those hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased by 52 percent in one week. Of those, 151 were in ICUs, 11 more than Monday.
