As of May 27, 2020, Wisconsin continues to report the lowest percentage of positive COVID-19 tests among the five midwestern states with 7.3% of the tests returning positive. Wisconsin’s percentage of positive tests is also below the median for all states, which are reporting a 7.9% positive rate for COVID-19 tests. Like Wisconsin, 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, with the rate nearly cutting in half since April 13, 2020. Among those hospitalized, 3% fewer are 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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5/27/2020 |
7.9% |
14.9% |
31.2% |
7.3% |
14.9% |
23% |
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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% |
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.
We are still continuing to watch the states that opened a few weeks ahead of Wisconsin to see the impact on their percentage of positive COVID-19 tests.
COVIDTracking.com has now launched COVIDExitStrategy.org, which shows how each state is performing on key measures. Here are some statistics on how Wisconsin is handling COVID-19:
- The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests are decreasing.
- The target number of tests done daily has been reaching 91% of the goal (with a 7-day average of 7,945 tests). With this, the 14-day trend of COVID-19 positive patients has also increased.
- Wisconsin is the only state reporting a high incidence of influenza-like illnesses.
- ICU bed availability is rated as “normal,” as is hospital bed availability.
- Wisconsin is currently seeing a 23-day doubling time for incidence of COVID-19.
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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