As of June 2, 2020, Wisconsin continues to report the lowest percentage of positive COVID-19 tests among the five midwestern states with 6.8% of the tests returning positive. Wisconsin’s percentage of positive tests is just under the median for all states, which has also been steadily decreasing. Illinois leads the midwest with 7.25% of the population being tested for COVID-19. Wisconsin has now tested 4.65% of the population, which is not far below the median of 4.77% for all states.
Wisconsin is still seeing a decreasing trend in the percentage of COVID-19 positive patients being hospitalized, as well as the rate of hospitalized patients being admitted to the ICU.
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COVID Tracker Date |
Median of all states - % of people testing COVID positive |
Median of all states – % COVID patients hospitalized |
Median of all states – % hospitalized COVID patients admitted to ICU |
WI - % of people testing COVID positive |
WI – % COVID patients hospitalized |
WI – % hospitalized COVID patients admitted to ICU |
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6/2/2020 |
6.9% |
13.2% |
31.3% |
6.8% |
14% |
22.5% |
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5/27/2020 |
7.9% |
14.9% |
31.2% |
7.3% |
14.9% |
23% |
|
05/13/2020 |
WI STAY AT HOME ORDER ENDED (EXCEPTIONS: DANE COUNTY, CITY OF MILWAUKEE, RACINE) |
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5/7/20 |
9.5% |
15.8% |
34.7% |
9.2% |
19% |
25% |
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4/25/20 |
9.9% |
16.3% |
37.3% |
8.9% |
25.3% |
25.6% |
|
4/13/20 |
10.3% |
15.3% |
31.8% |
8.5% |
29.2% |
26.8% |
Here is a snapshot from the COVID-19 Tracker showing the trending of the positive COVID-19 test results, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and fatalities for Wisconsin.
Looking at the fatalities per million by Wisconsin counties as compared to Wisconsin overall and the U.S., all Wisconsin counties are below the U.S. average.
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