Wisconsin reports record-breaking day for new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, positivity rate

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Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel




Updated 5:23pm Nov 4, 2020



Wisconsin's coronavirus numbers continued their unfettered upward climb Wednesday as all 72 counties recorded a very high level of COVID-19 activity and state health officials implored residents to stay home to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The state Department of Health Services reported a record-breaking 5,935 new cases and 54 deaths, bringing the death toll to 2,156.

"We should not be having contact with other human beings that we do not live with — hard stop," DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm said in a news conference.
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As of Wednesday, there were 1,747 people hospitalized with the virus, including 360 patients in intensive care units. Both numbers were all-time highs.

Hospitals' options are "limited," Palm said, to address critical staffing shortages and mounting bed space issues. She said the state was "pulling as many levers as we can" to loosen regulations and find additional health care workers.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/11/04/wisconsin-coronavirus-state-reports-5-900-new-cases-54-deaths/6164847002/

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Through all this TV coverage of the election --there has been nary a mention that this virus horror continues on--

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[DallasNE]

1. How Many Of These Can Be Traced

To Trump superspreader events in Wisconsin.

[Jimbo S]

4. Little evidence of that

The hottest spots in the state, Trump didn't visit (maybe Green Bay).

[riversedge]

6. It is really too early to trace--maybe start this weekend??

[Jimbo S]

8. I've already started the process

The Waukesha rally was ten minutes from where I live.

The following Tuesday I recorded the seven-day average For Waukesha, the inner ring of counties, and outer ring of counties. I'll do it for 30 days. My own little analysis. I'm sure the experts have a more scientific way of determining, but for now my own little project.

[winstars]

2. I thought after 11/3 the media wasn't gonna talk about Covid anymore???

Asshole tRump!!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

3. The more dead Americans the higher Wall Street goes because ... Stimulus!

In fact, stimuli!

[milestogo]

5. Shit.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Take A Look At Their Data

Positivity is higher than in April when they were doing a couple thousand tests a day. And, the tests were highly concentrated on symptomatic people.
Their positivity is almost 14.5% and they're testing 30-40,000 people per day!
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/individual-states/wisconsin