All national trends aside, the coronavirus pandemic in Sheboygan County is not showing clear signs of receding. Despite occasional moves downward along with frequent advances, Sheboygan County’s data dashboard shows a sustained presence of COVID-19 cases in most metrics.
115 new positive cases have been recorded by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health since Monday, while 26 persons recovered. The net gain of 89 cases pushed the active case count to 775. 16,218 cases in all have occurred in Sheboygan County during the pandemic. The DPH reports a 7-day average of 289.58 cases per 100,000 persons, with an 11.02% positivity rate. Those stats compare with 294.78 and 10.91% respectively from Monday. Taking into account the past 7 reporting days (weekends are excluded) the average number of active cases in the county is 741.
Hospitalizations increased by 3 since Monday. 4 persons were admitted while 1 was discharged, and 16 persons are now being treated for their symptoms. In all, 819 hospitalization have been required here during the pandemic.
Facility-wide investigations are underway at 8 skilled nursing long-term care facilities in the county. Those are:
. Meadowview
. Morningside
. Pine Haven – Giddings
. Pine Haven – Haven
. Plymouth Health Services
. Rocky Knoll
. Sheboygan Health Services
. Sunny Ridge
An investigation in a skilled nursing facility is opened if there is one or more cases of COVID-19 within the facility (resident or employee)
The 30 education settings with active investigations are:
. Bethlehem Lutheran
. Cedar Grove/Belgium Elementary/Middle
. Cedar Grove/Belgium High
. Early Learning Center
. Early Learning Center-Maywood
. Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah Elementary/Middle
. Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah High
. Farnsworth Middle
. Grant Elementary
. Horace Mann Middle
. Jackson Elementary
. James Madison Elementary
. Lake Country Academy
. Lincoln Erdman Elementary
. Longfellow Elementary
. Oostburg Middle/High
. Pigeon River Elementary
. Plymouth High
. Plymouth Parkview Elementary
. Plymouth Riverview ZMiddle
. Random Lake School District
. Sheboygan Central High
. Sheboygan FGalls Elementary
. Sheboygan Falls High
. Sheboygan Falls Middle
. Sheboygan Lutheran High
. Sheboygan North High
. Sheboygan South High
. Urban Middle
. Wilson Elementary
A facility-wide investigation in a school will be started if there are two or more cases of COVID-19a within a school student, staff or faculty.
At least 1 dose of vaccine has been administered to 64,111 Sheboygan County residents, comprising 55.6% of the county. That’s 36 more than on Monday. 53.4%, or 61,607, are fully vaccinated, an increase of 50 in the last day.
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