Update: Thursday 2:27 p.m.
Milwaukee County now says that there are 18 deaths and 918 coronavirus cases in the county, based on numbers released in the last few minutes.
That is a rise of 85 more cases in the county compared to the same time on Wednesday, a 10.2 percent rise in cases.
It also means at least 1.779 coronavirus cases in Wisconsin.
722 cases come from the City of Milwaukee.
523 of the coronavirus cases in Milwaukee County have happened to people between 40 and 70 years old.
Update: Thursday, 1:49 p.m.
The latest Wisconsin coronavirus case update:
– Deaths: 31 (a 29 percent rise, unofficially 36 according to WTMJ and TMJ4 News)
– Positive tests: 1,730 (an 11.5 percent rise)
– Hospitalizations: 461
– Negative tests: 20,317
Cases by county in Southeastern Wisconsin:
– Dodge: 13 (13 on Wednesday)
– Fond du Lac: 28 (22 on Wednesday)
– Jefferson: 12 (12 on Wednesday)
– Kenosha: 67 (54 on Wednesday)
– Milwaukee: 869 (780 on Wednesday, but county statistics listing 877 Thursday morning)
– Ozaukee: 47 (46 on Wednesday)
– Racine: 35 (28 on Wednesday)
– Sheboygan: 16 (12 on Wednesday)
– Walworth: 15 (12 on Wednesday)
– Washington: 46 (44 on Wednesday)
– Waukesha: 120 (107 on Wednesday)
Update: Thursday, 9:06 a.m.
The coronavirus case totals for Milwaukee County have risen to 877 in the county.
The latest update came this morning, a rise of 101 people in 24 hours – a 13 percent rise in cases. It means at least 1,647 people have contracted the deadly virus in Wisconsin.
At least 17 people have died in Milwaukee County from coronavirus.
Update: Wednesday, 4:24 p.m.
The state now has 25 coronavirus deaths after one was reported at a nursing home in Sheboygan County.
Update: Wednesday, 4:01 p.m.
Watch a live news conference from the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County.
Update: Wednesday 2:32 p.m.
Milwaukee County has given its newest totals of coronavirus cases, a large rise in both deaths and positive tests.
The county now lists 16 deaths in Milwaukee County, with 833 total cases.
That is four deaths more (a 25 percent rise) and 123 more cases (17.3 percent rise) in the past 24 hours.
656 of the cases come from Milwaukee County.
Update: Wednesday, 1:31 p.m.
The latest Wisconsin coronavirus totals:
– Total cases: 1,550 (1,351 on Tuesday, a 14.7 percent rise)
– Deaths: 24 (16 on Tuesday, a 50 percent rise)
– Hospitalizations: (337 on Tuesday, an 18.1 percent rise)
– Negative tests: (17,375 on Tuesday, an 8.3 percent rise)
Cases by county in Southeastern Wisconsin:
– Dodge: 13 (three more than Tuesday)
– Fond du Lac: 22 (two more)
– Jefferson: 12 (one more)
– Kenosha: 54 (17 more)
– Milwaukee: 780 (106 more)
– Ozaukee: 46 (three more)
– Racine: 28 (two more)
– Sheboygan: 12 (one more)
– Walworth: 12 (six more)
– Washington: 44 (four more)
– Waukesha: 107 (six more)
Update: Wednesday, 8:35 a.m.
776 people in Milwaukee County have now had positive tests since the pandemic reached Southeastern Wisconsin.
That is 66 more people than the total released at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and 103 more people than the morning report Tuesday – a 15.3 percent increase.
13 people have died in the county.
Update: Tuesday, 2:30 p.m.
Milwaukee County’s coronavirus case load has risen to 710 as of the latest release this afternoon.
That is 36 more cases than the state’s release one hour ago, and a 7.1 percent increase compared to Monday at this time.
The city of Milwaukee now has 563 total cases.
There are 12 confirmed deaths in Milwaukee County.
Update: Tuesday, 1:31 p.m.
The newest State of Wisconsin totals:
– Positive tests: 1,351 (130 more than Monday at this time)
– Deaths: 16
– Negative tests: 17,375
That is a 10.6 percent increase compared to this time on Monday.
County by county positive test totals in Southeastern Wisconsin:
– Dodge: 10 (two more than Monday)
– Fond du Lac: 22 (one more)
– Jefferson: 11 (one more)
– Kenosha: 37 (seven more)
– Milwaukee: 674 (57 more)
– Ozaukee: 43 (seven more)
– Racine: 26 (five more)
– Sheboygan: 11 (three more)
– Walworth: 6
– Washington: 40 (six more)
– Waukesha: 101 (eight more)
Update: Tuesday, 9:49 a.m.
Milwaukee County’s positive coronavirus test number has risen to 673, 46 more than the same time on Monday. That is a 7.3 percent rise.
It means there are at least 1,275 cases in the state of Wisconsin, as the state had 617 cases for Milwaukee County as of their last count.
Update: Monday, 3:55 p.m.
There is about a 10 percent rise in coronavirus positive tests in Milwaukee County compared to Sunday at about this time, with 663 cases Monday compared to 606 Sunday.
The 9.4 percent increase is about the same as the statewide rise in cases between the last 24 hour time period.
525 of the cases, about 79.1 percent, are in the city of Milwaukee – mainly concentrated around the north and northwest side.
Watch a news conference below.
Update: Monday, 1:32 p.m.
The newest numbers from the state of Wisconsin:
1,221 positive tests (109 more than Sunday, just under a 10 percent rise)
14 deaths
15,856 negative tests
By county:
– Dodge: 8
– Fond du Lac: 21
– Jefferson: 10
– Kenosha: 30
– Milwaukee: 617 (County reports 627 as of Monday morning)
– Ozaukee: 36
– Racine: 21
– Sheboygan: 8
– Walworth: 6
– Washington: 34
– Waukesha: 93
Update: Monday, 9:13 a.m.
Milwaukee County’s updated count now lists 627 confirmed coronavirus cases, 27 more than the Sunday total.
Nearly 500 of those cases come from the city of Milwaukee. 359 of those cases are between 40 and 70 years old.
442 people specified their race, and of those, 271 of those cases (61.3 percent) come from African-Americans. The largest geographic pockets of cases come from the north and northwest sides, which are mainly African-American neighborhoods.
10 people in Milwaukee County have died from coronavirus.
Wisconsin has more than 1,100 cases in the area.
Original story: Sunday, 2:43 p.m.
There are now 1,112 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Of those listed as positive, 606 cases are confirmed in Milwaukee County as of Sunday afternoon.
At least 18 people have been killed by COVID-19 statewide.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a 71-year-old man from Milwaukee County died Sunday morning.
He reportedly had underlying health conditions.
