At least judging by data measuring the number of new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sheboygan County, May has ended much as it began.
On May 2nd, the number of daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was 13; on May 31st it was 14, having peaked at 48 cases on May 13th.
On May 2nd, 1,218 persons had experienced hospitalization at some time for COVID-19 symptoms, and 5 were currently being treated. On May 31st, the total patient count was increased by 19 to 1,237, and those currently hospitalized numbered 4.
On May 2nd, 72,657 persons, or 63.0% of county residents, had received at least one dose of vaccine. By May 31st that number had grown by just 135 persons to 73,792. 69,774 had received two doses at the beginning of the month; that number grew by 184 to 69,903. 38,693 have now received at least one booster, compared with 38,357 at the beginning of the month.
267 deaths had been attributed to COVID-19 by the beginning of May; that number totaled 272 on May 31st, with one death to a person between 10 and 19 years old, one to a person in their 20s, six persons were in their 30s, nine were in their 40s, twenty were in their 50s, forty-four were in their 60s, seventy-three were in their 70s and one-hundred-eighteen were at least 80 years old.
What has been growing throughout May was the number of facility-wide investigations being conducted by the County Division of Public Health. On May 2nd there was one nursing home and there were 10 educational facilities hosting investigations. Numbers are now much higher, with 7 nursing long-term care facilities and 29 educational facilities being watched. The Skilled Nursing Long-term Care Facilities with Active Investigations are:
- Meadow View Health Services
- Pine Haven
- Rocky Knoll
- Sheboygan Health Services
- Sheboygan Progressive
- Sheboygan Senior Community
- 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 Education Settings with Active Investigations are:
- Bethlehem Lutheran
- Christ Child Academy
- Cooper Elementary
- Early Learning Center
- Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah Elementary/Middle
- Elkhart Lake/Glenbeulah High
- Etude Elementary
- Farnsworth Elementary
- Grant Elementary
- Horace Mann Middle
- Jackson Elementary
- James Madison Elementary
- Jefferson Elementary
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center
- Kohler School District
- Lake Country Academy
- Lincoln Erdman Elementary
- Pigeon River Elementary
- Plymouth Fairview Elementary
- Plymouth High
- Sheboygan Falls Elementary
- Sheboygan Leadership Academy
- Sheboygan North High
- Sheboygan South High
- Sheboygan Central High
- Sheridan Elementary
- St. John the Baptist
- Urban Middle
- Wilson Elementary
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