Friday Coronavirus Update

(Dodge County) Wisconsin health officials are reporting 1,905 positive coronavirus cases in Friday’s daily update. There are 28,607 active cases in the state, a decrease of 963 from Thursday. Active cases make up 5.7-percent of the 483-thousand people who have tested positive to date. So far, there have been 450-thousand recoveries.

State health officials recorded ten deaths bringing that total to 4,869. Deaths account for one-percent of all cases in Wisconsin while 4.4-percent of those known to have contracted the virus needed to be hospitalized.

Dodge County reported three of the state’s ten deaths on Friday bringing the total to 125 people and 10,437 cases a one-day increase of 50 positive tests. The county had 113 negative tests returned for a running total of 36,737.

Washington County has seen 97 deaths along with 11,748 cases to date. Fond du Lac County has 67 deaths with 10,494 positive tests on record. The state says Jefferson County has seen 57 deaths and 6,602 cases to date. Columbia County has 32 deaths and 4,224 positive tests. Green Lake County has reported 10 deaths with 1,391 cases on record.

 

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