A sharp increase in hospitalizations due to coronavirus infection steadied on Sunday as the total number hospitalized was reported at 571, three fewer than the record-high on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the state confirmed 2,217 new coronavirus cases Saturday on just over 8,000 tests, for a positive test rate of 27.6 percent, the highest to date. Those results bring the total case count to 115,862, of which just over 19,000 are considered active, about 800 more than Tuesday.
Today is the 23rd day of the past 24 that the positive test rate has been over 10 percent. It is the fourth consecutive day with more than 2,000 new cases.
Wisconsin’s positive test rate for the past seven days is now 18.7 percent, and the 14-day rate is up slightly to 17.5 percent. Today’s data brings the seven-day average of new cases to 2,091 and the 14-day average to 1,993.
No new fatalities were reported today, leaving the total death toll at 1,281.
Wisconsin has averaged 5.57 deaths per day over the past week and 5.46 per day over the past two weeks.
The highest local new case count came in Milwaukee County, with 275 new cases and 31.46 percent positive tests.
Other localities with higher case totals and positive tests rates include:
Adams County: 24 new cases, 16.67
Barron County: 10 new cases, 50 percent positive tests
Brown County: 119 new cases, 100 percent positive tests
Calumet County: 39 new cases, 29.55 percent positive tests
Chippewa County: 24 new cases, 17.65 percent positive tests
Clark County: 13 new cases, 12.75 percent positive tests
Columbia County: 19 new cases, 6.13 percent positive tests
Dane County: 119 new cases, 17.45 percent positive tests
Dodge County: 31 new cases, 31.31 percent positive tests
Door County: 15 new cases, 88.24 percent positive tests
Douglas County: 14 new cases, 93.3 percent positive tests
Dunn County: 29 new cases, 31.2 percent positive tests
Eau Claire County: 47 new cases, 13.8 percent positive tests
Fond du Lac County: 32 new cases, 41 percent positive tests
Grant County: 50 new cases, 62.5 percent positive tests
Green County: 30 new cases, 15.38 percent positive tests
Green Lake County: 16 new cases, 14.04 percent positive tests
Jefferson County: 24 new cases, 19.2 percent positive tests
Juneau County: 12 new cases, 7.2 percent positive tests
Kenosha County: 35 new cases, 9.75 percent positive tests
Kewaunee County: 20 new cases, 95.24 percent positive tests
La Crosse County: 57 new cases, 24.4 percent positive tests
Lafayette County: 17 new cases, 24 percent positive tests
Langlade County: 17 new cases, 40.5 percent positive tests
Lincoln County: 20 new cases, 71.43 percent positive tests
Manitowoc County: 27 new cases, 100 percent positive tests
Marathon County: 68 new cases, 93 percent positive tests
Marinette County: 38 new cases, 23 percent positive tests
Monroe County: 33 new cases, 27.5 percent positive tests
Oconto County: 23 new cases, 100 percent positive tests
Oneida County: 16 new cases, 10 percent positive tests
Outagamie County: 121 new cases, 58.4 percent positive tests
Ozaukee County: 24 new cases, 96 percent positive tests
Portage County: 36 new cases, 100 percent positive tests
Price County: 19 new cases, 95 percent positive tests
Racine County: 52 new cases, 100 percent positive tests
Richland County: 11 new cases, 10.28 percent positive tests
Rock County: 67 new cases, 38.1 percent positive tests
Sauk County: 17 new cases, 28.33 percent positive tests
Shawano County: 73 new cases, 64 percent positive tests
Sheboygan County: 10 new cases, 4.46 percent positive tests
St Croix County: 12 new cases, 7.2 percent positive tests
Taylor County: 10 new cases, 27.78 percent positive tests
Vernon County: 13 new cases, 9.49 percent positive tests
Vilas County: 11 new cases, 31.43 percent positive tests
Washington County: 70 new cases, 97.22 percent positive tests
Waukesha County: 108 new cases, 40.45 percent positive tests
Waupaca County: 32 new cases, 39 percent positive tests
Waushara County: 17 new cases, 32 percent positive tests
Winnebago County: 113 new cases, 42 percent positive tests
Wood County: 34 new cases, 25.56 percent positive tests
The number hospitalized with COVID-19 on Tuesday jumped to 574, the most the pandemic began and the fourth consecutive day over 500. Today’s total is 15 more than Friday and 212 more than a week ago — meaning the population of those hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased by 59 percent in one week. Of those, 161 were in ICUs, 14 more than Thursday.
While much of the growth in new cases continues to be driven by infections in younger people, the trend is shifting. In the week from Sept 6 – 13, new cases in those aged 18-24 went down by 18.7 percent, while every other age group increased — those aged 0-17 went up by 38.7 percent in that week, 25-24 went up 35 percent, 45-54 went up 32.76 percent, 55-64 went up 30.54 percent and those aged 65 and older went up 27.5 percent.
