COVID-19 in Wisconsin: Jump in hospitalizations

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – Not like Memorial Day, Wisconsin noticed a dip, not a surge, in new COVID-19 circumstances following the 4th of July. Now, every week later, case numbers have climbed again to the place they had been earlier than the most recent vacation weekend.

The Wisconsin Division of Well being Companies says the state averaged 1,461 new circumstances per day over the previous 7 days, the very best common since mid-June. Every week in the past, on July 5, the 7-day common was at a two-and-a-half-month low of 1,216 circumstances per day. That was the dip.

The DHS confirmed 1,606 new COVID-19 circumstances from the most recent assessments, and a mean of 13.5% of all assessments for COVID-19 over the previous week are coming again constructive, the very best positivity price since early June. Brown County handed 75,000 circumstances (75,045), which is equal to twenty-eight.4% of the county’s inhabitants testing constructive at the very least as soon as for the reason that pandemic started. The DHS reviews 429 of these circumstances had been deadly, or a dying price of 0.57%, in comparison with the 0.86% dying price statewide.

Two extra deaths had been reported to the DHS. The state says each individuals died within the final 30 days, together with an individual from Manitowoc County. Wisconsin is averaging 3 COVID-19 deaths per day, in keeping with the DHS. (For comparability, as a result of some readers have requested, the Wisconsin Division of Transportation says the state averages 255 visitors deaths per yr, or about 2 deaths each 3 days; Wisconsin handed 255 COVID-19 deaths for 2022 on January 10).

DHS figures present 88 individuals hospitalized for COVID-19 within the final 24-hour interval. This jumps effectively above our calculated 7-day common of 38 hospitalizations per day. It’s the most important one-day improve since 98 individuals had been admitted on February 22.

Practically all of those sufferers had been offset by discharges and deaths previously day. The Wisconsin Hospital Affiliation reported 424 individuals with COVID-19 are in hospitals across the state, simply 1 greater than a day in the past. The WHA additionally says 59 of them are in ICU, 4 greater than Monday.

Hospitals within the Northeast well being care area are treating 48 sufferers for COVID-19, 10 fewer than Monday, with 5 in ICU, a lower of 1.

Fox Valley hospitals are treating 11 sufferers, 1 greater than a day in the past, with 2 in intensive care, which is unchanged.

64.6% of Wisconsinites obtained at the very least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 61.4% of residents accomplished their vaccine collection, and 35.0% of the inhabitants additionally obtained a booster.

Tuesday’s Vaccinations by Age Group

• 5 to 11: 28.5% obtained vaccine/25.7% accomplished vaccinations/0.0% obtained booster
• 12 to 17: 62.2% obtained vaccine/58.8% accomplished vaccinations/21.3% obtained booster
• 18 to 24: 61.0% obtained vaccine/55.4% accomplished vaccinations/20.2% obtained booster
• 25 to 34: 64.8% obtained vaccine/60.2% accomplished vaccinations/26.1% obtained booster
• 35 to 44: 69.6% obtained vaccine/66.2% accomplished vaccinations/33.7% obtained booster
• 45 to 54: 71.9% obtained vaccine/69.2% accomplished vaccinations/38.8% obtained booster
• 55 to 64: 78.3% obtained vaccine/75.8% accomplished vaccinations/50.1% obtained booster
• 65 and up: 85.2% obtained vaccine/82.6% accomplished vaccinations/68.4% (+0.1) obtained booster

Tuesday’s Vaccinations by County Inhabitants

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TUESDAY’S COUNTY CASE AND DEATH TOTALS* (boldface signifies change since final report)

• Brown – 75,045 circumstances (+63) (428 deaths)
• Calumet – 12,216 circumstances (+14) (102 deaths)
• Dickinson (Mich.)** – 5,281 circumstances (+31) (91 deaths)
• Dodge – 25,736 circumstances (+31) (295 deaths)
• Door – 7,156 circumstances (+9) (62 deaths)
• Florence – 853 circumstances (17 deaths)
• Fond du Lac – 31,590 circumstances (+26) (263 deaths)
• Forest – 2,627 circumstances (+1) (48 deaths)
• Gogebic (Mich.)** – 3,033 circumstances (+55) (41 deaths) (+1)
• Inexperienced Lake – 4,629 circumstances (+11) (56 deaths)
• Iron (Mich.)** – 2,514 circumstances (+26) (71 deaths)
• Kewaunee – 4,770 circumstances (+2) (43 deaths)
• Langlade – 5,313 circumstances (+4) (75 deaths)
• Manitowoc – 18,628 circumstances (+12) (163 deaths) (+1)
• Marinette – 10,250 circumstances (+11) (112 deaths)
• Menominee – 1,981 circumstances (+3) (15 deaths)
• Menominee (Mich.)** – 4,179 circumstances (+26) (61 deaths)
• Oconto – 9,704 circumstances (+4) (98 deaths)
• Outagamie – 45,407 circumstances (+48) (364 deaths)
• Shawano – 10,442 circumstances (+8) (131 deaths)
• Sheboygan – 31,615 circumstances (+28) (274 deaths)
• Waupaca – 12,081 circumstances (+12) (200 deaths)
• Waushara – 5,334 circumstances (+7) (70 deaths)
• Winnebago – 47,743 circumstances (+47) (342 deaths)

* Yow will discover circumstances and deaths for all 72 Wisconsin counties on the DHS County Information web site and for Michigan counties on the Michigan Division of Well being COVID-19 web site.

The Wisconsin Division of Well being Companies and Wisconsin Hospital Affiliation publish updates Mondays by way of Fridays. Michigan Division of Well being updates county info on Tuesdays.

Circumstances and deaths are from state COVID-19 reviews, which can differ from native well being division numbers. The Wisconsin DHS reviews circumstances from all well being departments inside a county’s boundaries, together with tribal, municipal and county well being departments; county web sites might not. Additionally, public well being departments replace their information at varied occasions, whereas the DHS freezes the numbers it receives by the identical time each day to compile the afternoon report.

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