Every Wisconsin County's Coronavirus Positive Test Results Ranked

MILWAUKEE, WI — If you live in one of four Wisconsin counties, and have had a COVID-19 test, you had about a one-in-four chance that you'd test positive for the virus, according to the latest Wisconsin Department of Health Services data as of Thursday.

One out of every four people who had a COVID-19 test in Brown county came back with a positive result - the highest figure in the state, according to official records as of Thursday.

The state average for a positive case is about one out of every nine tests, according to DHS data. A total of seven of Wisconsin's 72 counties reported positive test averages greater than the state's overall average.

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In Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee Counties, approximately one out of every five people who took a COVID-19 test came back positive, according to Wisconsin health data posted Thursday.

As of Thursday, a total of 434 Wisconsinites have died from for COVID-19. There have been 1,939 hospitalizations, and 11,275 positive test results. State officials report 122,598 negative test results.

National Report Cites Wisconsin

Wisconsin's rapidly increasing coronavirus case increases have drawn the attention of U.S. officials in an unreleased report that was obtained by a national news outlet.

According to NBC News, Wisconsin and two of its metro areas were cited in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Data and Analytics Task Force report dated May 7.

NBC News says the report was not released to the public until a reporter obtained a copy. NBC says the report is "at odds with President Donald Trump's declaration Monday that 'all throughout the country, the numbers are coming down rapidly.'"

The report defined Minnesota, the District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Nebraska, Kansas, Maryland, Illinois and Iowa as "Locations with increasing cases." The report's critera was locations with more than 10 percent of a week-to-week increases in cases; more than 200 new cases and more than 40 new cases per 100,000 people in the past week.

You can view the Homeland Security Report here.

Positive Case Percentage by Wisconsin County

26.64% Brown
20.86% Kenosha
18.96% Racine
18.06% Milwaukee
16.52% Walworth
10.00% Rock
9.27% Kewaunee

9.1% Wisconsin State Average

8.79% Ozaukee
7.12% Waukesha
6.82% Calumet
6.08% Clark
5.33% Washington
5.28% Green
5.22% Fond du Lac
5.07% Door
5.00% Florence
4.90% Lafayette
4.71% Grant
4.68% Dodge
4.66% Winnebago
4.49% Sheboygan
4.42% Outagamie
4.23% Sauk
4.08% Shawano
3.85% Jefferson
3.83% Oconto
3.47% Juneau
3.44% Crawford
3.24% Richland
3.17% Dane
3.13% Iron
3.07% Green Lake
3.07% Marinette
2.62% Columbia
2.59% Jackson
2.57% St. Croix
2.55% Manitowoc
2.47% Iowa
2.37% Forest
2.17% Marathon
2.07% Chippewa
2.07% Rusk
2.00% Waupaca
1.99% Eau Claire
1.97% Pierce
1.61% Vilas
1.53% Oneida
1.45% Menominee
1.43% Dunn
1.38% Douglas
1.27% Waushara
1.22% La Crosse
1.17% Adams
1.10% Buffalo
1.08% Vernon
1.06% Monroe
1.05% Marquette
1.01% Bayfield
0.92% Portage
0.90% Barron
0.88% Polk
0.87% Trempealeau
0.81% Sawyer
0.70% Lincoln
0.69% Ashland
0.61% Price
0.46% Wood
0.39% Burnett
0.35% Pepin
0.33% Washburn
0.00% Langlade
0.00% Taylor

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