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Wisconsin DHS Makes Changes To COVID-19 Data Webpages | Recent News
The Wisconsin Division of Well being Providers (DHS) immediately made quite a lot of adjustments and updates to the COVID-19 knowledge visualizations accessible on its web site, aligning pages with the most recent scientific suggestions from the CDC, together with the CDC Neighborhood Ranges, and offering a extra streamlined knowledge expertise for guests to the DHS COVID-19 knowledge webpages. DHS helps CDC’s advice to make use of COVID-19 Neighborhood Ranges as a instrument to evaluate the present threat of COVID-19 to find out vital prevention measures in counties throughout the state.
“DHS is dedicated to offering well timed and related COVID-19 metrics on our web site and in all of our communications,” stated DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake. “Because the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, we’re constantly adapting to adjustments and highlighting the info and data that’s most helpful for people and households to make use of in safeguarding their very own well being, and for our companions to make use of to make knowledgeable choices for his or her communities.”
DHS has additionally up to date the COVID-19 Sickness After Vaccination knowledge web page to incorporate knowledge for January, February, and March 2022. The updating of this knowledge was delayed whereas DHS made enhancements to the way in which knowledge was gathered and saved with a view to deal with technical difficulties. DHS plans to proceed updating this knowledge on a month-to-month foundation, by the twentieth of every month.
Based on March 2022 Wisconsin knowledge:
- Individuals not totally vaccinated have been identified with COVID-19 at a charge 1.1x increased than individuals who have been totally vaccinated
- Individuals not totally vaccinated have been hospitalized with COVID-19 at a charge 2.4x increased than individuals who have been totally vaccinated
- Individuals not totally vaccinated died from COVID-19 at a charge 3.4x increased than individuals who have been totally vaccinated
Because of the extremely transmissible Omicron variant, we will anticipate the next variety of totally vaccinated individuals to check optimistic for COVID-19. Nevertheless, present vaccines nonetheless defend in opposition to extreme sickness, hospitalization, and demise as a consequence of an infection with the Omicron variant.
Together with including the CDC’s COVID-19 Neighborhood Ranges to the DHS web site, DHS eliminated the COVID-19 Illness Exercise dashboard. Moreover, DHS eliminated the next visualizations:
- Graphs exhibiting cumulative counts
- P.c of COVID-19 instances residing in group housing
- P.c of confirmed COVID-19 deaths by group housing setting
- Variety of facility-wide COVID-19 public well being investigations
- COVID-19 vaccine doses administered by supplier sort
- Map of COVID-19 instances and deaths by county, census tract, municipality, faculty district, and zip code
- Map of COVID-19 vaccinations by county, census tract, municipality, faculty district, and zip code
COVID-19 case, demise, and vaccination knowledge by county, census tract, municipality, faculty district, and zip code are nonetheless accessible for obtain from the DHS GIS knowledge portal. Remaining graphs from the County-Stage Information web page can now be discovered on the corresponding instances or deaths web page, relying on the info throughout the graph. DHS made the choice to take away these visualizations after cautious consideration of what metrics will likely be most helpful to Wisconsinites as we proceed via this section of the COVID-19 pandemic and a dedication to sharing dependable knowledge with the general public.
Because of the removing of the Illness Exercise dashboard, DHS additionally up to date the abstract dashboard. The exercise degree part is now changed with vaccination protection percentages, and consists of the % of Wisconsin residents who’ve gotten a booster/further dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
No matter the place Wisconsinites reside, DHS recommends that everybody keep updated on COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally it is really helpful that everybody proceed to get examined for COVID-19 if they’re experiencing signs or have been uncovered to somebody with COVID-19. DHS urges all Wisconsinites to proceed utilizing a mixture of COVID-19 prevention methods that may permit us to proceed with our day by day lives whereas maintaining neighborhood members protected and wholesome.