18 Wisconsin counties have ‘high’ COVID-19 community levels

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The variety of Wisconsin counties experiencing excessive COVID-19 group ranges greater than doubled up to now week, Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention figures present. The company’s newest replace discovered 18 counties coloured the orange indicating excessive ranges, a bounce from the seven reported on the finish of final week.

Whereas Dane Co. continues to report probably the most circumstances per capita within the state, it remained on the ‘medium’ degree. That’s as a result of federal well being officers rank the counties primarily based on circumstances per 100,000 residents and a pair of hospitalizations figures.

With the variety of circumstances Dane Co. is seeing – 481.99 per 100,000 residents – it will have to see new COVID-19 hospitalizations cross 10 per 100,000 residents or ten p.c of staffed inpatients beds getting used to deal with sufferers with COVID-19. The state’s second largest county falls beneath each cutoffs, nevertheless it’s creeping in the direction of the brand new admissions line, having jumped from 4.9 to eight.8 in per week.

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A number of different south-central Wisconsin counties are in the identical boat, seeing case counts at a degree the place two extra COVID-19 admittances per 100,000 residents in per week would push them into the excessive class. These counties embody:

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A 3rd of the orange Wisconsin counties span the Milwaukee metropolitan space, whereas six extra are within the northwestern a part of the state. The ultimate half-dozen counties fall throughout a diagonal stretching from La Crosse and Monroe counties to Marinette Co. No south-central counties are thought of excessive.

Three counties within the southwestern nook of the state – Crawford, Grant, and Lafayette – in addition to Dodge and Marquette counties are among the many 19 nonetheless ranked as having low group transmission.

On Thursday, DHS reported declines for brand spanking new COVID-19 circumstances for the third straight day. The seven-day rolling common had slipped to 2,033 circumstances per day over the earlier week. The previous three days make up the longest stretch of declines since circumstances plummeted out from January’s highs and started the two-month climb. The latest figures put the rolling common six occasions increased than it was when these will increase started in March.

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