by Kevin Zimmermann
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, WI (WHBL) – Sheboygan County’s total number of positive COVID-19 cases remained at 37 upon today’s update from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health. Eleven cases remain active and 4 individuals remain hospitalized. Six currently active cases can be traced to the outbreak at Sunny Ridge. That facility accounted for 19 of the county’s total cases and for both deaths from the coronavirus. While no new cases were recorded since yesterday, another 5 are considered recovered raising that total to 24. 15 more have tested negative, raising that figure to 585. Statewide, 3,555 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed.
The County DHS also announced today the launch of a new “dashboard” for dissemination of data. A desktop version is available here:
https://shebco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/810a424effac403a82204fed374c78d4
And a mobile/phone version is here:
https://shebco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/6b8df15195f04d72a6de2f8c3fd4eee3
Both offer the latest numbers along with graphics to display trends, and the dashboard will be updated by 5PM 7 days per week.
Besides attention to social distancing, staying at home and observing scrupulous hygiene for good physical health, Sheboygan County DHS also reminded the public of the need to maintain good mental health. Mental Health America is offering a COVID Mental Health Toolkit of resources. That resource and more is available from the MHA Sheboygan County Homepage at mhasheboygan.org
