by Kevin Zimmermann
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) – Another Sheboygan County resident – someone in their 50s – has passed away due to COVID-19, raising the county death toll to 19. This is the second victim in their 50s, while one who passed was in their 40s. Four were in their 60s, and six were in each of the 70-79 and the 80+ categories.
The county’s total confirmed positives was given as 2,171 on Friday by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health. That includes 445 inmates at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution, as another 81 inmates there tested positive in the previous 24-hours. The Department of Corrections, which compiles its own stats, shows a positive test total at KMCI of 559 returns as of Friday, October 2nd. That’s up just one from Thursday. As to the different numbers from different sources, the DOC did not specify whether all tests were attributed to inmates only, and Sheboygan County has noted that DOC data may lag while propagating to the County Coronavirus Dashboard and into the daily reports.
125 positive test returns were received since Thursday out of a total 628 results received, yielding a rate of almost 20% (19.9%). Active cases, which don’t include KMCI inmates, number 238, down one from Thursday as 44 more persons have recovered. 12 county residents are in the hospital.
Wisconsin added another 2,745 to the list of those having had COVID-19, raising the total to 127,906. With 13,595 test results in all, that’s a positive rate of 20.19%. 5 more persons died, raising the state death toll to 1,353. 97 more persons with COVID-19 had to be hospitalized since yesterday, with 669 COVID patients now hospitalized – 208 in the ICU. 162 more persons are hospitalized and waiting for their test results. 405 persons are receiving mechanical ventilation.
The Sheboygan County Safe Restart Plan will remain in Phase-2 for now, as it has been since early June. The metrics behind that decision display only one that’s “Excellent”, that being the ability of hospitals to treat all patients needing it without operating under crisis mode. Testing capacity and availability of PPE are both labeled “Proceed with Caution,” while the case trajectory, activity level and prompt completion of contact tracing are all “Of Concern.”
The Sheboygan County School Risk Status is at a “High” risk level based upon measurements of Epidemiology, Health Care and Public Health. That status was bolstered on Thursday when the weekly facilities investigation report listed 18 county schools hosting active investigations. Not included on that list of 18 were Horace Mann Middle School and James Madison Elementary School, both of the Sheboygan Area District, which reported cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
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