The latest data from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health would suggest that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Sheboygan County due to the Delta variant could be receding.
Active cases, which peaked at 775 last Tuesday, have steadily declined, with a drop of 42 cases since Friday. Monday’s total was 701, the product of 80 positives and 122 recoveries. Hospitalizations declined by 1, as 4 new patients were met with 5 persons discharged. There are now 14 persons hospitalized, and 839 patients in all have been treated in Sheboygan County during the pandemic.
The level of transmission in Sheboygan County remains high, and since last Thursday, when there was a rate of 267.05 per 100,000 people with a 10.83% positivity rate, numbers increased. Averaged over the past 7 days, the case rate on Monday was 308.65 per 100,000 persons, and a 10.91% positivity rate.
Vaccinations last week were at the lowest level so far this year in Sheboygan County, with 667 doses administered. As of Monday, 55.9% of the county population, or 64,431 persons, had received at least dose, while 53.6%, or 61,778, were fully vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Facility-wide investigations have declined over the past week concerning skilled long-term care facilities. Compared with last week’s 8, current investigations now number 6. Those are:
Pine Haven – Giddings
Pine Haven – Haven
Plymouth Health Services
Rocky Knoll
Sheboygan Health Services
Sunny Ridge.
The number of education settings with active investigations did not change. The 30 such institutions now being monitored 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 Middle
Random Lake School District
Sheboygan Central High
Sheboygan Falls Elementary
Sheboygan Falls High
Sheboygan Falls Middle
Sheboygan Lutheran High
Sheboygan North High
Sheboygan South High
Urban Middle
Wilson Elementary
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