Update: 3:36 p.m.
Watch a live news conference with Mayor Barrett, County Executive Abele and other leaders on COVID-19.
Update: 2:20 p.m.
About a half hour after the state of Wisconsin released its latest numbers, Milwaukee County gave updated totals on coronavirus test data.
The county now has 1,865 confirmed coronavirus positive tests, up 52 from earlier today and 90 more than the same time on Monday.
That is a 5.1 percent increase from 24 hours ago, more like the percentage increases of the previous two weeks and larger than the “flattening curve”-like smaller percentage rises of recent days.
It also means at least 3,625 cases in Wisconsin when combining the new Milwaukee County total with state data.
Update: Tuesday, 1:45 p.m.
The latest numbers of coronavirus cases in Wisconsin, combining the Wisconsin Department of Health and Safety’s statewide numbers and Milwaukee County statistics:
Positive tests: 3,573 (3,431 on Monday, a 4.1 percent rise in cases)
Deaths: 170 (154 on Monday, a 10.4 percent rise in deaths)
Hospitalizations: 1,049
Negative tests: 37,997
County by county positive test numbers:
– Dodge: 19 (19 on Monday)
– Fond du Lac: 59 (57 on Monday)
– Jefferson: 24 (24 on Monday)
– Kenosha: 186 (182 on Monday)
– Milwaukee: 1,813 (1,746 on Monday per Milwaukee County, a 3.8 percent rise in cases; the state of Wisconsin had listed 1,795 cases Tuesday)
– Ozaukee: 73 (72 on Monday)
– Racine: 135 (117 on Monday)
– Sheboygan: 36 (36 on Monday)
– Walworth: 45 (38 on Monday)
– Washington: 73 (73 on Monday)
– Waukesha: 224 (218 on Monday)
Update: Tuesday, 8:48 a.m.
38 more coronavirus cases in Milwaukee County in the last 16 hours have lifted the Wisconsin COVID-19 positive test total to almost 3,500.
Milwaukee County now has 1,813 positive tests for coronavirus according to the county’s new numbers. That is a 3.7 percent rise in cases compared to the same time on Monday – a smaller increase compared to recent weeks.
3,498 coronavirus cases have now been documented in the state, according to statistics from both the State of Wisconsin and Milwaukee County.
Update: Monday, 2:31 p.m.
The Milwaukee County coronavirus positive test case totals climb to 1,775 based on just-released totals.
That means a total now of 3,460 coronavirus cases in the state.
Diving deeper into the data:
– 75.4 percent of all cases come from the City of Milwaukee
– 43.5 percent of all cases come from African-Americans
– 54.1 percent of all cases come from people 40 to 70 years old
– 54.4 percent of all cases come from men
Update: Monday, 1:37 p.m.
The newest coronavirus test numbers are as follows, combining the newest numbers from both the State of Wisconsin and Milwaukee County.
Positive tests: 3,431 (90 more than Sunday, a 2.6 percent rise in cases)
Deaths: 154 (10 more than Sunday, a 6.9 percent rise in deaths)
Hospitalizations: 993
Negative tests: 36,760
County by county positive test numbers:
– Dodge: 19
– Fond du Lac: 57
– Jefferson: 24
– Kenosha: 182
– Milwaukee: 1,746 (state listed 1,743)
– Ozaukee: 72
– Racine: 117
– Sheboygan: 36
– Walworth: 38
– Washington: 73
– Waukesha: 218
Update: Monday, 1:34 p.m.
Here is Governor Evers’ news conference.
Update: Monday, 9 a.m.
The COVID-19 case totals in Wisconsin are rising near 3,400 in Wisconsin after the newest release of data from Milwaukee County.
3,377 individuals have had positive tests for coronavirus, with 1,746 in Milwaukee County on Monday.
Update Sunday 4/12
More than 3,300 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in Wisconsin, according to the latest numbers released Sunday by the state.
There have been 3,341 people that have tested positive. Of those cases, 974 were hospitalized.
The death toll statewide has climbed to 144.
Original Story:
More than 3,200 people in Wisconsin have now tested positive for COVID-19.
The latest numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services show that 3,213 people have tested positive in the state.
950 people, or 30% of those who have tested positive, have required hospitalization.
137 people in Wisconsin have died as a result of COVID-19.
In Milwaukee County, 1,660 people have tested positive and 78 people have died.
More than 34,000 people have tested negative for COVID-19 in Wisconsin.
