DHS reports 522 more cases, no new deaths
State health officials reported 522 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no new coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday.
The positive cases account for 10.4% of the 4,996 tests processed since Saturday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The daily positivity rate — a key indicator of the disease’s overall prevalence — was often below 3% during the first half of June but ticked up recently, fueled in part by an increase in cases of people in their 20s.
As of Sunday, 24% of the confirmed cases were for people between 20 and 29 years old, according to DHS.
The number of tests coming back positive continues to increase a day after DHS reported the most ever cases in a single day on Saturday, 738.
As of Sunday, 31,577 people have tested positive for the virus; 5,877 of those cases remain active while 79% of people have recovered from COVID-19.
There were 244 people in hospitals with known cases of the virus as of Sunday. Of those, 65 were in intensive care. An additional 129 hospital patients were awaiting coronavirus test results, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
The number of people who died remained at 796 Sunday.
More than 584,100 people in Wisconsin have tested negative for COVID-19.
The latest county ratings as of July 1 were as follows (change in activity level from last week in parentheses):
High: Brown, Calumet (up), Clark, h Columbia (up), Dane, Douglas (up), Dunn (up), Eau Claire, Forest (up), Grant, Iowa (up), Iron (up), Jefferson, Juneau (up), Kenosha, Kewaunee (up), La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marathon, Menominee (up), Milwaukee, Monroe, Outagamie, Ozaukee (up), Pierce (up), Portage, Racine, Rock, St. Croix (up), Trempealeau, Walworth, Washington (up), Waukesha, Waupaca, Winnebago
Medium: Adams, Barron, Buffalo, h Chippewa, Crawford, Dodge, Door (up), Florence, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake, Jackson, Langlade, Marinette, Marquette, Oconto, Polk, Sauk, Sawyer (up), Shawano, Sheboygan, Taylor, Vernon, Waushara, Wood
Low: Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, h Lincoln, Oneida (down), Pepin, Price, Richland, Rusk (down), Vilas, Washburn
Global cases have surpassed 11 million, and deaths neared 531,000 as of mid-Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University.