The SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Sheboygan County, with the incidence of cases more than doubling in the past week, and another death attributed to the disease.
22,013 cases in all have now been recorded in Sheboygan County during the pandemic by the Division of Public Health. Of the 371 tests recorded in the last day, 195, or 52.5%, represent new cases, and 82 persons recovered, raising the active case county by 112 to 1,453. That’s the most active cases since 1,457 were logged on December 16, 2020.
Hospitalizations increased by 10, or nearly 30% in the last day, with 44 persons now requiring treatment. This comes as 12 persons were admitted and 1 person was discharged. The other factor in the balance was the 184th death reported in the last day, a person in their 60s. Of the casualties so far, one person was between 10 and 19, four were in their 30s, seven were in their 40s, eight were in their 50s, twenty-eight were in their 60s, forty-five were in their 70s, and ninety-one were at least 80 years old.
Hospital Capacity in the Southeast Region of Wisconsin, which includes Sheboygan, is nearly full, with 95.5% of ICU beds currently in use, and 94.5% of beds overall now occupied.
Data concerning the level of community transmission and percent of positive tests over the past 7 days were unrevised since Wednesday, however new data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the CDC indicate the COVID-19 activity level in Sheboygan County is “Critically High”, as the “Burden”, or total number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in Sheboygan County in the last 2 weeks, was 1,054.9, an increase of 253.3 over the previous week’s reading. The “Trajectory”, or percent case change from the previous to the current week, was upwards at 228%, more than double the previous reading.
70,243, or 61.0% of Sheboygan County residents have now received at least one dose of vaccine, while 66,361, or 57.6%, have completed their series. Both figures each increased by 69 in the last day.
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