by Kevin Zimmermann
After averaging around 50 new cases of COVID-19 per day for the past 8 days, today’s report from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health added 131 new cases today, putting the county’s total confirmed case count so far at 11,796. And after averaging around 140 total test receipts per day over that same period, today’s total was 341, with 38.4% of them returning positive, up from yesterday’s 30%. Active case numbers increased by 73 to 901, with 58 more recoveries since yesterday. One more person was sent to the hospital, and 12 are now receiving such care.
Examining the county’s two-week rates and trajectories, the Activity Level is “Very High”, with 553.6 cases per 100,000 population. No significant change in trajectory was measured over the last 14 days.
Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services recorded another 3,474 new cases of COVID-19 today. 10,602 test results in all were received, putting the positive rate at 32.7%. 40 more deaths were attributed to COVID-19, putting the death toll at 5,119. 136 more hospitalizations were required, and with deaths and discharges taken into account, the hospital population dropped 23 to 1,054 – 242 of those in the ICU. 41 patients are awaiting their test returns, and 460 of the state’s 2,371 ventilators are in use.
There are no inpatients at the Alternate Care Facility at State Fair Park in West Allis, however there are 4 patients receiving daily Bamlanivimab infusion therapy there. The therapy infuses man-made antibodies that may help limit the amount of the coronavirus in the body, giving one’s own body time to develop the ability to produce its own in sufficient amounts to successfully fight the virus.
