The rate of COVID-19 infections is picking up in Sheboygan County.
The weekly (Monday) update of the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health reports that between May 10 and 16, confirmed cases increased 214 to a total of 30,032. By comparison, during the week of April 26 – May 2, only 32 new cases were recorded. Hospitalizations have increased to 9 in the past week, and 3 deaths were recorded since last Tuesday; one was in their 70s, and two persons were at least 80 years old. Of the now 271 casualties, one was between 10 and 19 years old, one was in their 20s, six in their 30s, nine were in their 40s, twenty were in their 50s, forty-four in their 60s, seventy-two were in their 70s, and one-hundred-eighteen were at least 80 years old.
There were 193 vaccinations last week. 63.1% of the county population, or 72,694, have received at least one dose. 60.6%, or 69,834, have received two doses, and 33.4%, or 38,536, have gotten boosters.
Facility-wide investigations increased by one nursing home and two educational facilities in the past week. Nursing homes being monitored include:
- Pine Haven
- Rocky Knoll
- Sheboygan Senior Community
- Sunny Ridge
The Educational facilities now being watched are:
- Christ Child Academy
- Cooper Elementary
- Early Learning Center
- Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah Elementary/Middle
- Etude Elementary
- James Madison Elementary
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center
- Kohler School District
- Lincoln Erdman Elementary
- Pigeon River Elementary
- Plymouth High
- Plymouth Horizon Elementary
- Sheboygan Falls Elementary
- Sheboygan Leadership Academy
- Sheboygan North High
- Sheboygan South High
- St. John the Baptist
- Wilson Elementary
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