As of May 25, 2020, Wisconsin continues to report the lowest percentage of positive COVID-19 tests among the five midwestern states with 7.6% of the tests returning positive. Wisconsin is also below the median for all states which are reporting 7.7% of all COVID-19 tests returning as positive. The median for all states has had a steady decrease in the percentage of COVID-19 tests returning as positive.
Wisconsin is still seeing a decreasing trend in the percentage of COVID-19 positive patients being hospitalized and is in line with the median for all states. The percentage of COVID-19 patients being hospitalized in Wisconsin has been nearly cut in half since April 13, 2020 and among those hospitalized, 3% fewer are now 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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5/25/2020 |
7.7% |
14.4% |
29.9% |
7.6% |
15.2% |
23.4% |
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5/19/20 |
8.1% |
13.6% |
33.1% |
8.1% |
16.3% |
24% |
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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% |
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4/13/20 |
10.3% |
15.3% |
31.8% |
8.5% |
29.2% |
26.8% |
COVIDTracking.com has launched a new state grading criteria that takes into account various metrics to grade a state's COVID-19 situation. The grade is focused on reporting quality. Criteria used includes:
- Reporting – Data completeness, reliability, machine-readability
- Testing Data Completeness – Total number of daily positives and negatives, as well as the total number of tests completed
- Patient Outcomes – Reporting for the number of hospitalized patients, ICU treatments, ventilator status, and recovery rates
- Demographics – includes pre-existing conditions, ethnic categories, and racial categories (for both cases and deaths)
- Other meaningful categories – i.e. hospital capacity
As of May 26, 2020, Wisconsin’s overall score is an A+ due to the metrics being reported by Wisconsin DHS.
Here is a snapshot from the COVID-19 Tracker showing the trending of the positive COVID-19 test results, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and fatalities:
We hope that you find this information of value as we all continue to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to regularly update the COVID-19 Data Tracker as more data becomes available.
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