More than two-thirds of Wisconsin coronavirus patients have recovered, percent of positive cases keeps falling

Appleton Post-Crescent

The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests continues to fall, as the state health department reported Saturday that 2.7% of test results came back positive for coronavirus.

Of the 11,792 new test results reported by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Saturday, 322 were positive for the virus. This is the lowest number of new cases reported since Monday and the lowest percentage of positive cases since Sunday.

As of Saturday, 20,571 people in Wisconsin have tested positive for COVID-19. In total, 314,802 people have been tested and 645 people have died, according to state health officials.

More than two-thirds of Wisconsinites, or 13,770 people, who tested positive for coronavirus have recovered, according to DHS. Thirty percent, or 6,155 cases, are considered to still be active. Those who have died account for 3% of all Wisconsin cases.

The rate of hospitalization has remained around 14% since the start of the pandemic. According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association, 315 people are currently hospitalized — 40 fewer than on Friday. Of those, 118 are in intensive care.

On Saturday, the total number of cases in each Wisconsin county stood as follows:

8,688 in Milwaukee County
2,374 in Brown County
1,906 in Racine County
1,267 in Kenosha County
814 in Dane County
795 in Waukesha County
685 in Rock County
435 in Walworth County
395 in Dodge County
354 in Winnebago County
277 in Washington County
263 in Outagamie County
233 in Fond du Lac County
180 in Ozaukee County
124 in Jefferson County
121 in Eau Claire County
111 in Sheboygan County
105 in St. Croix County
98 in Grant County
81 in Sauk County
79 in Calumet County
71 in Green County
68 in La Crosse County
63 in Marathon County
58 in Chippewa County
56 in Shawano County
51 in Waupaca County
50 in Pierce County
44 in Columbia County
42 in Clark County
41 in Oconto County
39 in Door and Manitowoc counties
38 in Trempealeau County
36 in Kewaunee County
33 in Forest. Marinette, Polk and Portage counties
30 in Lafayette County
27 in Dunn County
26 in Crawford County
23 in Juneau County
22 in Green Lake County
21 in Vernon County
20 in Barron and Douglas counties
18 in Jackson and Monroe counties
16 in Iowa County
14 in Richland County
12 in Oneida County
11 in Wood County
10 in Waushara County
8 in Sawyer and Vilas counties
7 in Lincoln County
6 in Buffalo County
5 in Adams, Marquette and Rusk counties
4 in Langlade County
3 in Ashland, Bayfield, Menominee and Washburn counties
2 in Florence, Iron, Price and Taylor counties
1 in Burnett and Pepin counties

Note that these numbers are frozen once daily by the Department of Health Services and may not match local case counts.

As of Saturday afternoon, 6.8 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed globally, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 362,600 people have died worldwide. In the United States, 1.9 million people have been infected and 109,500 people have died.

Contact Natalie Brophy at (715) 216-5452 or nbrophy@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @brophy_natalie.