Wisconsin COVID cases up 639, deaths up 13: DHS
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MADISON, Wis. - The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin rose by 639 on Wednesday, May 5, for a total of 600,936, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
State health officials reported 13 new deaths Wednesday, with a total of 6,863 deaths in the state.
Of the positive cases, 29,600 have required hospitalization (4.9%), while 585,179 have recovered (97.4%), making for 8,628 active cases (1.4%).
More than 2.8 million have tested negative.
More than 3.4 million have been tested.
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Another Sheboygan County resident at least 80 years old has fallen victim to COVID-19, the 141st recorded in the course of the pandemic here. Of the casualties, one has been between 10 and 19 years old, three were in their 30s, five were in their 40s, five were in their 50s, twenty-two were in their 60s, thirty one were in their 70s, and seventy-four were 80 or older.
Only one positive test was confirmed out of 97 results received since Tuesday, raising the running total cases found to 13,698. With 5 recoveries, the active case count fell to 123, and another hospitalization raises the patient population to 2.
Note: All numbers are cumulative since data started being reported in early 2020, unless otherwise noted. DH
Kenosha County Public Heath is reporting 15,482 total positive COVID-19 test results in Kenosha County as of Monday. That’s 28 more than Friday. There have been 303 COVID-19 deaths in Kenosha County. Kenosha County Public Health is reporting 77,397 negative test results.
Wisconsin Department of Health Services is reporting a positive rate of 9,215/100,000 people and a 2.0 percent case fatality rate in Kenosha County as of Monday.
In Kenosha County, 38.49 percent of the population has had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccination and 31.66 percent are fully vaccinated as of Monday, reports Kenosha County Public Health.
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Michigan health leaders have no idea how many state residents received a vaccine in another state. But it does count the number of vaccines administered to people who don t live in Michigan. While we do not have confirmation of vaccinations for some people who are vaccinated out of state, we believe the benchmark percentages are a reasonable way to determine when we are able to return to more normal levels of activity, said Bob Wheaton, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Wheaton added the state has an agreement on sharing vaccination data with Wisconsin and is working on one with Ohio.
The latest is that we never achieve herd immunity.
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The idea is simple: If enough people get a virus or a vaccine thus building antibodies the spread of the virus drops off precipitously.
While experts didn’t know exactly how many Americans would need antibodies to reach herd immunity, the number ranged from more than 50% to upwards of 70%. Early on in the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. immunologist, put the number at 60% to 70%, but in April he started upping that number, saying in an interview with CNBC News that it would be “75, 80, 85 percent.”