With over 13,000 people tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the state Department of Health Services said nearly one-fifth of tests came back positive Thursday. The positive percentage of new tests is now at 18% – an increase of almost 5-percentage points compared to the day before. The 7-day average positivity rate also went up slightly to 17%. State and county health officials recorded an additional 2,118 cases – a sizable increase from Wednesday’s case count. The 7-day average for new cases per day has grown to 1,940. DHS officials said all 72 counties in Wisconsin have been classified with high activity levels for disease spread. The state’s lifetime total has reached 108-thousand total cases – with roughly 15% of cases still active.
Grant County Health officials reported 34 new cases … Lafayette County has 11 new cases … Iowa County has 4 new confirmed cases … and Dubuque County recorded 134 new cases at midday Thursday.
