Wisconsin adds over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases

WEDNESDAY 12/2/2020 1:57 p.m.

(WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has reported 395,090 total positive coronavirus test results in the state and 3,502 total COVID-19 deaths.

Of Wisconsin’s total COVID-19 cases, 65,926, or 16.7%, are active, according to DHS, compared to 68,406, or 17.5%, yesterday.

Of the 9,983 test results available today, 37.8% were positive. In total, DHS says 2,162,616 negative COVID-19 tests have been reported in Wisconsin. A total of 2,557,706 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19.

Wisconsin’s hospitals are reporting, as of yesterday afternoon, a total of 1,827 patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Of those, 415 are in an ICU. A total of 1,603 hospital beds, or 14% of the state’s total beds, are immediately available to patients.

There are currently eight patients in the alternative care facility at Wisconsin’s State Fair Park, up from seven yesterday. The first patient was admitted on Oct. 21.

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Wisconsin has seen 3,502, total COVID-19 deaths. Of Wisconsinites who have tested positive for coronavirus, 0.9% have died.

As of Wednesday, Nov. 25, DHS reports that 65 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties – including almost all Northeast Wisconsin counties – are seeing critically high COVID-19 activity levels.

Brown County is experiencing a growing trajectory in disease activity.

Last week, Kewaunee, Sheboygan, and Winnebago counties were reporting a growing trajectory of COVID-19 cases.

Kewaunee and Manitowoc counties reported no significant change in disease activity. Last week, Calumet, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Shawano, and Waushara counties were reporting no significant change in their COVID-19 case activity trajectories.

Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan, and Winnebago counties are reporting shrinking disease activity.

Brown, Door, Fond du Lac, Outagamie, and Waupaca, last week, reported shrinking disease activity.

Waupaca, and Waushara counties, reporting very high COVID-19 activity levels, are reporting a shrinking trajectory.

The activity level is determined by combining the case burden and trajectory indicators.

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	Today’s Total	Yesterday’s
Total positive cases	395,090	391,313 (+3,777)
Active cases	65,926 (16.7%)	68,406 (16.7%)
Recovered cases	325,587 (82.4%)	319,426 (82.4%)
Negative tests	2,162,616	2,156,410 (+6,206)
Patients at alternate care facility	8	7 (+1)
Patients hospitalized	1,827	1,845 (-18)
COVID-19 patients in ICU	415	395 (+20)
Hospital beds available	1,603 (14%)	1,690 (-87)
Ever hospitalized	17,569 (4.4%)	17,372 (+197)
COVID-19 deaths	3,502 (0.9%)	3,420 (+82)