USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin will provide a weekly update on COVID-19 cases in central Wisconsin, including confirmed test results, new cases, deaths, negative test results and recovered patients, when available. The following information was provided Monday afternoon by local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Note: This update will run weekly on Tuesday mornings and will include updated numbers as of Monday afternoon each week. All increases to COVID-19 cases by county cover a one-week period.
Adams County
By Kevin Zimmermann
May 11, 2021 | 4:24 PM
Only one additional positive test for COVID-19 was noted by the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health in its daily update on the course of the pandemic on Tuesday, and with five recoveries, the active case count fell by 4 to 110 cases. That’s the fewest active cases on record in Sheboygan County since September 11, 2020 when 98 cases were recorded. 13,740 cases of COVID-19 have now been recorded since the beginning of the pandemic in Sheboygan County. Hospitalizations were stable at 3.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Tuesday added 517 confirmed cases of COVID-19 to the running total, which now stands at 603,820. 13 more deaths pushes the toll to 6,917, and another 70 persons required hospitalization for treatment of their symptoms. Although state hospitalizations recently experienced a mild peak of 354 cases on April 26th, a downward trend has since been observed, and with a net change of 5 mor
An additional 13
deaths reported statewide Tuesday, including one person in Washburn County, bringing the total to 6,917, DHS said. Overall, 1.1% of people who have contracted the virus have died.
The seven-day average of positive COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin dropped to just above 500 daily new infections. On Tuesday, the figure was 503. The seven-day average of positive cases measures the average number of new cases per day over the previous week. An overall decrease in the seven-day average of positive cases indicates the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state is also going down, according to DHS.
The number of negative tests in the state was 2,885,355 Tuesday, an increase of 2,496.
Wisconsin COVID cases up 517, deaths up 13: State officials
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MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) on Tuesday, May 11 reported an additional 517 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 603,820.
The DHS also reported 13 additional deaths Tuesday, making 6,917 total deaths to date.
Among those who have tested positive for COVID-19, 29,901 people have been hospitalized (5.0%) and 588,881 people have recovered (97.6%). There are 7,756 active cases in the state (1.3%).
COVID vaccine site in Racine opens May 14; no appointment needed
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RACINE, Wis. - Racine officials on Tuesday, May 11 announced a community COVID-19 vaccination site will soon open at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.
The location will open to residents May 14-15 in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Wisconsin National Guard.
The site will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. both Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15. No appointment is necessary – walk-up is welcomed – and vaccinations are free. Residents do not need to show an ID and bus rides to the clinic are free; just tell the bus driver that you are going to get the vaccine, the city said.