by Kevin Zimmermann
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) – SHeboygan County added another six cases of COVID-19 to the records today, while Wisconsin’s total was up almost 500. Our county has confirmed at least 6 new cases of COVID-19 each day beginning with Saturday’s tally from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health. Our total is now 252, while the state added 495 cases to up the Badger State tally to 32,556. Of the 44 currently active cases in Sheboygan County, two are now hospitalized. With 227 negative tests returned in the last 24-hours, the positive return rate here is about 2-1/2%. 3 more county residents recovered.
State data released today showed a sharp drop in the rate of positive returns as a percentage of all tests…from 9.2% yesterday to 3.9% today. A relatively high 12,099 tests were returned in the last 24 hours. State deaths were up 9, now totaling 805.
Map data provided by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services illustrates the distribution of COVID-19 in Sheboygan County. The highest concentrations, mapped by census tract, are located generally in the Town of Holland, the Plymouth area, and surrounding the City of Sheboygan including Sheboygan Falls, Kohler and some townships. All those experienced between 10 and 50 cases per 100,000 persons – the standard measure used in generating the map. Lesser concentrations of between 10 and 50 per 100,000 were scattered throughout the county with many tracts having no reports of COVID-19. And within the City of Sheboygan, the northeastern quadrant was conspicuously without incidents of the disease, the data indicating that less than 5 cases per 100,000 could be found.
