State health officials say more than 100 new deaths were reported to the DHS within the past 24 hours. The previous record was 92, set on November 17.
The DHS reported 104 new deaths from COVID-19 Tuesday. The cumulative death toll is now at 3,115. COVID-19 is currently the fourth leading cause of death in Wisconsin. The state is averaging 53 deaths per day over the last 7 days, and the death percentage increased slightly to 0.86% from Monday’s percentage of 0.84%.
On Monday, health officials say out of the 16,510 new coronavirus test results that were received in the past 24-hour period, 6,202 tests were positive -- a positivity rate of 37.57%. This ends a five day decrease of decline for new cases.
The 7-day average for new cases is now at 6,081.
The DHS says 279 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours.
Tuesday’s report from the Wisconsin Hospital Association says there are currently 1,986 COVID-19 in hospitals, a decrease from Monday’s report of 1,999. Of those, 436 are in intensive care, a decrease of two from Monday.
The state says 16,209 people have been hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment since the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Madison less than 10 months ago.
A total 363,973 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Wisconsin. The state says 20.9% of all of these cases are active, or 75,893 people diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus in the past 30 days and haven’t been medically cleared.
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