Wisconsin has now surpassed 300,000 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
The Department of Health Services says they recorded 7,777 new cases for Friday, November 13, 2020. That sets a new one-day record for new cases. It also brings the total number of cases to 301,165.
69,060 cases are considered active.
Your #COVID19_WI update w/another record; 7,777 cases reported since yesterday, bringing our total to more than 300,000. It took 7 months to get to 100,000 cases, 36 days to hit 200,000, and only 18 days to get to 300,000. Please, help #StopTheSpread: https://t.co/4JQGip7yuw pic.twitter.com/zW7D4Kl6vD
— WIDeptHealthServices (@DHSWI) November 13, 2020
Positive percentage rates for tests continue to hover around record highs, at around 36-percent for the rolling seven-day average.
State health officials add 58 people died due to COVID-19 on Friday, increasing the pandemic total to 2,573. There have been 542 deaths from the virus through the first 13 days of November.
Hospitalizations statewide are at 2,045. 435 of them are in the ICU. 15 people are being treated at the Alternate Care Facility at State Fair Park.
More information on COVID-19 in Wisconsin can be found here.