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PHMDC reports 4 new deaths, 213 new cases

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Public Health of Madison and Dane County reported four new COVID-19 deaths this morning bringing the county’s total to 175 since March. Once again, the four new deaths are mostly centered on those who were 70 and older with two people in their 70s passing and one person in their 80s. However, one person in their 50s also passed. Of those four deaths, one person Black. Since December 17, when the county had a cumulative total of 136 deaths, Dane County’s reported deaths have grown by 28.7 percent. Currently, 88 percent of all deaths from COVID-19 from Dane County residents have occurred in those who are 70 and older.

Public Health of Madison and Dane County reported 213 new positives cases this morning which gives the county a new cumulative total of 31,959. Recovered cases grew to 29,486 as active cases dropped to 2,302 or 7.2 percent of all cases.

Today, the number of people currently hospitalized in Dane County — both Dane County residents and people from neighboring counties —  rose from 143 to 148. Of those 148, there are now 35 people in the ICU, a drop from yesterday’s 40.

For Dane County residents, the number of people ever hospitalized for COVID-19 has increased to 974. Of those additional nine people, there were two people from each of the following age groups: 70s, 60s and 30s. There were also one person in their 20s and one person in their 80s from Dane County hospitalized. Of those nine additional people hospitalized, two people were Black.

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 19.1 percent and adults in their 80s growing by 13.1 percent since December 10. Hospitalizations overall for Dane County residents have grown 9.2 percent since December 10 – a decrease from yesterday’s reported 8.8 percent as of December 9.

Hospitalizations also continue to significantly impact our communities of color with those who are Asian in our community growing by 15.8 percent and those who American Indian/Native Alaskan grew by 28.6 percent since December 10. The percentage of hospitalizations for people who are Black in our community have grown 7.9 percent as those who are Hispanic/Latinx did not grow in hospitalizations during this time frame.

The 213 new cases were attributed to dates earlier this week, with 156 cases attributed to December 23 while there were 40 more new cases attributed to December 22, increasing that day’s total to 141. The rest of the cases were distributed among dates last week. The 7 day average of cases per day is now at 135.1 while the 14 day average is now at 151.3.

The percentage of positive tests for these days was also adjusted with December 23 at 3.9 while December 22 has increased to 3.4. December 21 has adjusted to 4.9 as December 20 adjusted to 3.2 and December 19 is at 3.0. The seven-day average is at 3.6 while the 14 day average as of December 23 remains at 4.4. 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 52 new cases or 24.4 percent of all new cases. Adults in their 40s brew by 47, while those in their 30s grew by 34 new cases, adults in their 50 by 25 and adults in their 60s by 17. In single digit increases, adults in their 80s grew by eight, as adults under 10 grew by seven and adults in their 80s grew by three new cases.

When looking at our communities of color, those who are Hispanic/Latinx grew by 33 new cases or 15.5 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 nine more cases and continue to make up 7.8 percent of all cases while those who are Asian grew by eight new cases and still make up 3.6 percent of all cases. Those who are American Indian/Alaskan added three more positives this morning. They make up .8 percent of all cases while only making up .5 percent of the population in Dane County.

Looking at growth over the past two weeks, infection in those in their 90s grew by 21.4 percent as adults in their 80s grew by 13.3 percent. Adults in their 70s grew by 11.1 percent and adults in their 60s by 10.0 since December 9.

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 10th, with an increase of 9.1 percent. Black people have grown by 7.4 percent while those who are American Indian/Alaskan grew by 7.8 percent for the same time frame. For those who are Hispanic/Latinx, their growth since December 10 is at 7.3 percent.

UW reported 10 new positives yesterday for students from on-campus testing. These new positives were attributed to December 21. There are now 4,806 total positive cases for UW students and 524 positive cases for UW employees – including two attributed to earlier dates in the data – for a total of 5,330 total cases from UW since tracking began for campus. The 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 now 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.