by Kevin Zimmermann
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) – Sheboygan County continues on an upward trajectory of COVID-19, much in concert with state trends as represented in daily reports from the County Division of Public Health and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Another 228 positive test results were received and, out of a total of 496 tests in all, yielded a positive rate of 46%. So far, 6,850 cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in the county. 133 recoveries were added since Wednesday, and active cases were counted at 2,338, up 95 from Wednesday. No change in hospitalizations was noted locally, with 35 patients of record as of Thursday.
Wisconsin added a new high of 7,497 positive test returns in the last 24-hours, raising to 293,388 the number of cases so far. With 22,408 persons getting their test results in all, 33.4% received positive returns. 58 more deaths due to COVID-19 have happened since Wednesday, raising the death toll to 2,515, and another 264 persons entered hospitals for treatment. Of the 2,077 patients of record on Thursday, 424 are in the ICU, and 601 patients are on ventilators.
78 Sheboygan County Facilities are undergoing testing and contact tracing investigations conducted by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health, one more than last week. 22 of those are long-term care facilities, 3 are group housing facilities, there are 6 workplace investigations underway, and 47 education settings are being investigated.
The skilled nursing long term care facilities identified are:
- Meadowview
- Morningside
- Pine Haven-Haven Drive Campus
- Plymouth Health Services
- Progressive
- Rocky Knoll Health Care Center
- Sheboygan Health Services
- Sheboygan Senior Community
- Sunny Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
The education settings identified are:
- Cedar Grove Elementary
- Cedar Grove High
- Cedar Grove Middle
- Christ Child Academy
- Cleveland Elementary
- Cooper Elementary
- Early Learning Center
- Elkhart Lake Elementary
- Elkhart Lake High
- Elkhart Lake Middle
- Etude Elementary
- Farnsworth Elementary
- Grant Elementary
- Horace Mann Middle
- Howards Grove Elementary-Northview
- Howards Grove High
- Howards Grove Middle
- Jackson Elementary
- James Madison Elementary
- Kohler High
- Kohler Elementary
- Kohler Middle
- Lincoln Erdman Elementary
- Oostburg Elementary
- Oostburg High
- Oostburg Middle
- Pigeon River
- Plymouth High
- Plymouth Horizon Elementary
- Random Lake Elementary
- Random Lake High
- Sheboygan Central High
- Sheboygan County Christian Elementary
- Sheboygan County Christian High
- Sheboygan Leadership Academy
- Sheboygan North High
- Sheboygan South High
- Sheboygan Falls Elementary
- Sheboygan Falls Middle
- Sheboygan Falls High
- Sheboygan Lutheran High
- Sheridan Elementary
- St. Elizabeth Seton
- St. John the Baptist – Plymouth
- Urban Middle
- Wilson Elementary
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