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Positive coronavirus test rate falls below five percent as five more die

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The rate of coronavirus tests returning positive results fell to 4.8 percent — the lowest for a single day since July 7 — as nearly 15,000 returned 712 positive results, according to state and county public health data. That brings the total case count for Wisconsin to 44,847. Of those, almost 9,300 are considered active — about 100 fewer than Tuesday.

Additionally, five more fatalities were reported today, one each in Barron, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Walworth and Winnebago Counties, bringing the statewide death toll to 859.

The largest local increase was in Milwaukee County – including their latest posted numbers at 1:30 pm today – with 207 new cases and 7.62 percent of tests coming back positive. Close behind was Waukesha County with 228 positive cases and 16.61 percent positive tests.

Several other counties saw double-digit increases and high positive test rates, including:

Brown County: 33 new cases, 5.45 percent positive tests
Dane County: 47 new cases, 2.01 percent positive tests
Kenosha County: 20 new cases, 24.1 percent positive tests
Marathon County: 22 new cases, 10.58 percent positive tests
Outagamie County: 18 new cases, 3.78 percent positive tests
Ozaukee County: 13 new cases, 4.61 percent positive tests
Racine County: 24 new cases, 2.22 percent positive tests
Rock County: 28 new cases, 22.76 percent positive tests
Sauk County: 15 new cases, 5.08 percent positive tests
Walworth County: 19 new cases, 6.27 percent positive tests
Washington County: 17 new cases, 4.25 percent positive tests
Waukesha County: 91 new cases, 7.56 percent positive tests

Statewide hospitalization data was not available today as the Wisconsin Hospitalization Association and Department of Health Services were changing the way they report data to comply with new federal guidelines.

The rate of disparity in Latino populations continues to stand out. Twenty-six percent of total cases are now Latino people, as well as 16.85 percent of today’s new cases. Latinos make up just seven percent of the state’s overall population.

Similarly, 16 percent of all cases are Black people, as are 23 percent of total COVID-19 related deaths in the state. Black people make up just six percent of the state’s population.

DHS also reports that just under 77 percent of those confirmed to have been infected have recovered and two percent have died.