While new cases of COVID-19 vie for dominance against recoveries in the ongoing count of pandemic cases in Sheboygan County, the edge on Thursday goes to recoveries. 29 new confirmed positives were balanced against 30 recoveries for a net reduction of one active case, with 678 now being monitored by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health. Total confirmed cases in the county now number 15,732. There were 9 persons hospitalized on Thursday, after 1 new patient was admitted, and 4 were discharged.
Facility-wide investigations surged over the past week in Sheboygan County, increasing by 9 overall. 1 “other” setting is involved, as are 2 non-healthcare workplaces, 8 long-term care facilities and 22 educational facilities.
The skilled nursing long-term care facilities with active investigations are:
- Countryside
- Meadowview
- Morningside
- Pine Haven – Giddings
- Pine Haven – Haven
- Rocky Knoll
- Sheboygan Health Services
- Sunny Ridge
The educational facilities with active investigations are:
- Bethlehem Lutheran
- Early Learning Center
- Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah Elementary/Middle
- Farnsworth Middle
- Grant Elementary
- Horace Mann Middle
- Howards Grove Middle
- Jackson Elementary
- James Madison Elementary
- Lincoln Erdman Elementary
- Longfellow Elementary
- Pigeon River Elementary
- Plymouth High
- Plymouth Parkview Elementary
- Plymouth Riverview Middle
- Random Lake High
- Sheboygan Central High
- Sheboygan Christian
- Sheboygan Falls Elementary
- Sheboygan Falls High
- Sheboygan Falls Middle
- Sheboygan Lutheran High
- Sheboygan North High
- Sheboygan South High
- St. John the Baptist
- Urban Middle
- Wilson Elementary
Sheboygan South High School has the most cases per institution in Sheboygan County, with 20 open cases as of Thursday morning, while Jackson Elementary School has the highest percentage of students actively battling the coronavirus within the Sheboygan Area School District, with 2.32% of that population affected. Under metrics to be discussed at the next regular meeting of the Sheboygan Area School District Board on October 26th, that would exceed the 2% threshold proposed to trigger a masking mandate, however that is only under discussion at this time and is not yet implemented.
55.2% of the county population has now received at least one dose of vaccine, amounting to 63,640 persons, 64 more than on Wednesday. 60,826 persons, or 52.7%, are fully vaccinated, an increase of 105 in the last day.
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