wi dhs update 050520

From the Wisconsin Department of Health Services web site, updated each day at 2:00 pm:

In all of Wisconsin, 3,830 more people were tested since the day before (an increase of 28.40%), raising the total number of people tested to 92,533 out of a population of 5,822,000 (1.59%).

• 330 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed (an increase of 17.58%), raising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 8,566 (9.26% of all tested).
• 13 more deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported (an increase of 1,300%), raising the total number of deaths in the state attributed to COVID-19 to 353 (4.12% of all confirmed).

In Brown County, 567 more people were tested since the day before (an increase of 76.19%), raising the total number of people tested to 5,722 out of a population of 264,542 (2.16%).

• 97 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed (an increase of 7.22%), raising the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 1,545 (27.00% of all tested).
• 3 more deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported (an increase of 300%), raising the total number of deaths in the county attributed to COVID-19 to 9 (0.58% of all confirmed).

In Dane County, 352 more people were tested since the day before (an increase of 17.90%), raising the total number of people tested to 12,577 out of a population of 546,695 (2.30%).

• 2 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed (a decrease of 60%), raising the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 443 (3.52% of all tested).
• No more deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported, raising the total number of deaths in the county attributed to COVID-19 to 22 (4.96% of all confirmed). The last increase, from 21 to 22, was on 4/29/20.

In Milwaukee County, 492 more people were tested since the day before (an increase of 15.45%), raising the total number of people tested to 20,576 out of a population of 945,726 (2.18%).

• 57 more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed (an increase of 8.77%), raising the total number of confirmed cases in the county to 3,353 (16.30% of all tested).
• 6 more deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported (an increase of 600%), raising the total number of deaths in the county attributed to COVID-19 to 201 (5.99% of all confirmed).