MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Wisconsin reported its second-most new coronavirus cases and deaths on Friday as the pandemic continued.
The state Department of Health Services said 4,378 people tested positive, or 24.6% of the 17,804 total tests. Forty-two people died.
Those numbers compare to seven-day averages of 3,470 cases and 24 deaths.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 190,478 total confirmed cases, more than 1.7 million negative tests and 1,745 deaths. DHS considers 145,509 people to have recovered from COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
Meanwhile, a second patient has been moved to the alternate care facility at State Fair Park in West Allis.
Hospitalizations once again broke records in the state on Friday. Wisconsin hospitals said they were treating 1,243 COVID-19 patients, up 13 in a day and 142 in a week. Of those, 331 were in intensive care, three more than on Thursday and 57 more than a week earlier.
In the Northeast region, there were 173 COVID-19 patients, up three in a day but down nine in a week. Fifty-seven people were in ICUs, a one-day increase of six and a one-week increase of one.
Fox Valley hospitalizations were actually down across the board, with 116 patients, 11 fewer than on Thursday and 48 fewer than a week earlier. There were 19 people in ICUs, two fewer than on Thursday and five fewer than the previous Friday.
