The rate of coronavirus tests returning positive results dropped Monday to 8.5 percent — down from 9.6 — as just under 7,000 tests returned 590 positive results, according to state and county public health data. That brings the total case count for Wisconsin to 49,417. Of those, 9,833 are considered active, about 100 more than Sunday. .
One more fatality was reported – in Dane County – bringing the state’s death toll to 893. Additionally, 18 people who tested positive for coronavirus infection died of other causes, and are not counted as covid fatalities.
The highest local new case count came in Milwaukee County, with 162 new cases and 12.9 percent of tests coming back positive.
Other localities with higher case totals and positive tests rates include:
Dane County: 39 new cases, 6.21 percent positive tests
Kenosha County: 47 new cases, 11.52 percent positive tests
La Crosse County: 19 new cases, 6.23 percent positive tests
Outagamie County: 10 new cases, 6.13 percent positive tests
Racine County: 45 new cases, 72.58 percent positive tests (with a total of only 62 tests returned according to today’s data)
Sheboygan County: 10 new cases, 10.42 percent positive tests
Walworth County: 16 new cases, 123.08 percent positive tests (with a total of only 13 tests returned according to today’s data)
Waukesha County: 91 new cases, 38.89 percent positive tests (with a total of 234 tests returned according to today’s data)
Waupaca County: 18 new cases, 10.65 percent positive tests
The rate of disparity in Latino populations has improved but continues to stand out. Twenty-five percent of total cases are now Latino people, as are nine percent of today’s cases. Latinos make up just seven percent of the state’s overall population.
Similarly, 15 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.
