Record set for COVID-19 cases
2,817 cases detected for 22.4% test positivity
Saturday’s 2,817 positive cases made up 22.4% of the 12,584 test results reported by state health officials.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to climb in Wisconsin as the state health department reported another single-day record of new cases on Saturday.
Saturday’s 2,817 positive cases made up 22.4% of the 12,584 test results reported by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The average number of new daily cases over the last seven days was higher than ever Saturday at 2,012.
The previous record for most new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day was 2,533 on Sept. 18.
The state health department also reported Saturday that seven more people have died.
More than 1.5 million Wisconsinites have been tested for the virus since the pandemic began. Of the 113,645 who have tested positive:
94,094, or 82.8%, are considered “recovered” by DHS, meaning either there is documented proof their symptoms have resolved or it’s been 30 days since their diagnosis.
18,252, or 16.1%, are considered “active,” meaning they aren’t “recovered” and haven’t died.
1,281, or 1.1%, have died.
At least 7,041, or 6.2% of all people who have tested positive for COVID-19, have been hospitalized, although DHS doesn’t know in about a third of confirmed COVID-19 cases whether the infected person was ever admitted to a hospital.
As of Friday afternoon, 543 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized and 147 of them were in intensive care, according to DHS. An additional 194 hospital patients were awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test.
Globally, confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 32.6 million and nearly 1 million people have died, according to Johns Hopkins University data. As of Saturday afternoon in the United States, 7 million people have tested positive and more than 204,000 have died.
Contact Natalie Brophy at (715) 2165452 or nbrophy@gannett.com.