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'Expect More Progress': COVID-19 Levels 'Medium' In 7 WI Counties, Low In Rest Of State
The remaining 65 counties of the state have low virus levels, federal data showed. "Expect more progress next week," a health official said.
MILWAUKEE, WI — Persistent COVID-19 hospital admissions subsided in many Wisconsin communities, and most counties show "low" levels of spread, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed March 11.
In Wisconsin, only 7 counties have "medium" COVID-19 community spread, and the remaining 65 counties have "low" community spread, according to federal data.
Here are the seven counties that still have consistently high hospital admissions due to the coronavirus.
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- Barron
- Rusk
- Taylor
- Clark
- Lincoln
- Marathon
- Wood
"Almost there, Wisconsin! The seven counties that remain yellow are all in regions with persistently high COVID-19 hospital admissions," Milwaukee's chief health adviser, Dr. Ben Weston, said in a statement. "Expect more progress next week."
Cases in Wisconsin quickly sunk after the state experienced its highest peak in cases in January 2022 — the seven-day average for new cases was 402 new cases per day as of Wednesday, Department of Health Services data showed. There were 464 new cases reported in the Badger State.
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Milwaukee County reached a seven-day average of zero COVID-19 deaths as of Tuesday, according to county data. The seven-day average for cases in the county was 46 new cases per day.
Across the state, there were seven virus-related deaths Wednesday, and the seven-day average of deaths per day was eight deaths per day, according to health services data.
There have been 12,247 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic hit Wisconsin two years ago, health services data showed.
The CDC's new indicators for "low," "medium" and "high" community levels depend on coronavirus patients entering hospitals and how many beds they occupy in a given county. The levels are based on how many new cases per 100,000 occurred in the past seven days.
The CDC introduced new county metrics when the federal government loosened its masking guidelines on Feb. 25.
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