WI DHS update 053020

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

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin reported cumulative totals of 242,908 negative results and 18,230 positive results, indicating a cumulative total of 261,138 tests have been reported.
• Yesterday, Wisconsin reported cumulative totals of 233,588 negative results and 17,707 positive results, indicating a cumulative total of 251,295 test have been reported.
• The difference in the cumulative total numbers indicates 9,843 more tests were reported over the past 24 hours, 487 fewer than the median number of tests reported in the past seven days (10,330).
• The difference in the cumulative positive totals indicates 503 positive results were reported in the past 24 hours, on par with the median number of positive results reported in the past seven days (523).
• Wisconsin reported a cumulative total of 2,563 hospitalizations attributed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and a cumulative total of 2,499 hospitalizations attributed to COVID-19 the day before.
  • The difference in the cumulative total number of hospitalizations indicates 64 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 17 more than the median number of hospitalizations reported in the past 7 days (47).
• Wisconsin reported a cumulative total of 588 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and a cumulative total of 568 deaths attributed to COVID-19 the day before.
  • The difference in the cumulative total number of deaths indicates 20 new deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, 2 more than the median number of deaths reported in the past seven days (18).
• The cumulative total number of tests reported in the state (261,138) is 4.49% of Wisconsin’s 2019 population of 5,822,000.
• The cumulative total number of positive cases in the state (18,230) is 6.98% of all people tested.
• The cumulative total number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 (2,563) is 14.06% of the cumulative total number of positive test results.
• The cumulative total number of deaths in the state attributed to COVID-19 (588) is 3.23% of all positive cases.