Wisconsin passes 40,000 coronavirus cases -- adds 10,000 in 2 weeks
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - Since February 5, more than 40,000 people in Wisconsin have tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 700,000 have tested negative. More than 4,000 people needed treatment in a hospital.
Friday’s report from the Wisconsin Department of Health Service tallied 880 more positive results out of 13,407 tests, or 6.56%. That’s up slightly from Thursday’s 6.31% and continues that metric’s upward trend. Fifty-five of Wisconsin’s 72 counties added to their case numbers, including 16 with double- or triple-digit increases.
The state says 8,411 patients’ cases are still active, meaning they haven’t been cleared from isolation. That’s 20.8% of cases, the same as yesterday. The percentage is up from 18% on July 8. It took 14 days for Wisconsin to add 10,000 new cases. It took 26 days to rise from 10,000 to 20,000 cases and 28 days to rise from 20,000 to 30,000.
Sixty-three more COVID-19 patients were hospitalized since yesterday. There are now 331 patients in hospitals with 96 in intensive care units, 8 more than yesterday. Deaths in Brown, Marathon and Milwaukee counties raised the death toll to 833. Walworth County’s death toll was revised from 19 to 18.
The death toll represents 2.1% of known cases, a metric which has held steady for two days. This is in part the result of a growing number of younger adults being infected, who are less likely to suffer severe effects of the coronavirus and require hospitalization but may be asymptomatic carriers of the virus.
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