Category: COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin hospitals and intensive care units were at all-time highs on Thursday.

The Department of Health Services said Wednesday that the first patient has been admitted to the surge facility in West Allis. The state agency also reported Wisconsin’s highest daily COVID-19 death toll. 

The Department of Health Services reported a record 4,591 new cases on Tuesday, in part due to a backlog of positive cases that health departments are working through after the state’s disease surveillance system underwent an upgrade this weekend.

There were a record number of COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin hospitals and intensive care units on Monday.

Wisconsin hospitals saw the highest number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units yet on Sunday, as hospitalizations for the illness hovered around 1,100 patients.

Wisconsin set another record on Friday for most new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day. 

Wisconsin set more COVID-19 records on Thursday, reporting a new high for daily cases, hospitalizations and intensive care unit use.

State health officials reported 3,107 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, for a total 158,578.