Wisconsin DHS reports over 100,000 total positive COVID-19 test results within the state

SUNDAY 9/20/2020 1:55 p.m.

(WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has reported 101,227 total positive coronavirus test results in the state and 1,242 total COVID-19 deaths.

Of Wisconsin’s total COVID-19 cases, 14,143, or 14%, are active, according to DHS. Yesterday, 13,671, or 13.7%, of Wisconsin’s total COVID-19 cases, were considered active.

Of the 8,320 test results available today, 20% were positive. Yesterday, 18.3% of the tests came back positive. In total, DHS says 1,332,102 negative COVID-19 tests have been reported in Wisconsin. A total of 1,433,329 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19.

Wisconsin’s hospitals are reporting a total of 362 patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Of those, 105 are in an ICU. A total of 2,358 hospital beds, or 21% of the state’s total beds, are immediately available to patients.

Wisconsin seven-day average, courtesy DHS

Wisconsin has seen 1,242 total COVID-19 deaths. Of Wisconsinites who have tested positive for coronavirus, 1.2% have died.

DHS reports that all Northeast Wisconsin counties are seeing high COVID-19 activity levels – Price County is the only county reporting a medium activity level in the state.

Brown, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties are reporting upward trends in activity level. Waupaca County is reporting a downward trend in activity level.

Last week, Brown, Door, Calumet, Green Lake, Oconto, and Outagamie counties reported an upward trend in activity level.

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	101,227	99,562 (+1,665)
Active cases	14,143 (14%)	13,671 (13.7%)
Recovered cases	85,824 (84.8%)	84,632 (85%)
Negative cases	1,332,102	1,325,447 (+6,655)
Patients hospitalized	362	342 (+20)
COVID-19 patients in ICU	105	98 (+7)
Hospital beds available	2,358 (21%)	2,344 (+14)
Ever hospitalized	6,653 (6.6%)	6,619 (+34)
COVID-19 deaths	1,242 (1.2%)	1,241 (+1)