Public Health of Madison and Dane County reported 219 new COVID cases today, bringing the county’s cumulative total to 38,393. Of today’s 219 cases reported, 81 — about 36.6 percent — are aged 18-22. There is no further information of how many of those 81 are from the UW campus.
The area’s current recovered case count is now at 36,281 while active cases dropped to 1,622, or four percent of current cases, according to DHS’ update at 2 pm yesterday. Out of all cases in Dane County, about 52 percent were in Madison while 48 percent have been outside of Madison.
There was also a slight decrease reported this morning for hospitalizations in Dane County with 64 people currently hospitalized for COVID-19. This includes people who reside in and out of Dane County. Of the 64 people currently hospitalized, 19 are in the ICU.
Dane County’s total death toll from COVID-19 increased as well this morning from 251 to 256 total deaths. Of those additional deaths reported, three people were in their 80s and two people were in their 90s. Most of the deaths from COVID-19 have centered among those in their 70s in their older since the pandemic with about 84 percent. There are now a total of 40 deaths reported for the month of January. December of 2020 still remains the deadliest month for the county with a total of 87 deaths from COVID-19.
Testing has increased as UW students have returned and the campus is requiring regular testing of all students. This could lead to an increase in total positive cases, as well as a decrease in positive test rate.
As of yesterday’s dashboard update on UW’s website, UW is averaging 4,842.3 tests a day for the past seven days for on-campus testing with an average of 33.6 cases per day for the same time from in both in and off campus testing – an increase from yesterday’s reported 28.0 per day. For the past seven days, cases have grown for UW students and staff about 108 percent while testing on campus has grown about 41.9 percent. The positivity rate for on campus testing for staff and students increased to 0.7 percent for the past 7 days.
For Dane County, the 14-day positive test rate as of January 31 is now at 2.0 while the seven-day rate remains at 1.8. These rates do not include preliminary data from the past four days as that data continues to adjust as more tests are attributed.
For Dane County residents, the number of people ever hospitalized for COVID-19 has grown to 1,169.
According to DHS’ website, as of February 2 at 2pm, preliminary information indicates that Dane County has administered 78,919 doses of vaccine, the most of any county in Wisconsin. According to a tweet published yesterday morning, about 10.4 percent of Dane County residents have received the first dose to the vaccine and about 3.3 percent of residents have received both doses.
Information about the number of adults that have completed their vaccinations broken down by race/ethnicity is not yet available.
Madison365 has updated our weekly map of COVID-19 cases in the county by census tract.
We will have an update later this afternoon for statewide numbers after 3 pm.
