Thread by @folkbum

1/10 Today, @DHSWI reported 5,922 new #COVID cases in #Wisconsin, second only to yesterday's high. There are 54,326 active cases, a record high. 63,824 cases have been reported in the last 14 days. 40 weeks into this pandemic; 25.5% of all cases have been reported in the last 2.

2/10 So far in November, there have been 24,554 new cases reported. At that rate, we might hit 150,000 cases this month. In the last 30 days, we reported 113,545 cases, as many cases as were reported between January 29 and September 26, 241 days.

3/10 DHS announced 38 deaths today as well. There have been 246 deaths reported in the last week, which is more than in the entire months of June, July, Aug, *or* Sep. There have been 795 deaths in the last 30 days, more than in March, April, May, *and* June combined.

4/10 According to the WHA (wha.org/COVID19Update), yet another record high number of 1774 people are hospitalized for COVID, and a record 376 in ICUs. 5 of 7 regions in the state have between 5-11 open ICU beds; 5 of 7 regions have between 6-8% of their ICU beds open.

5/10 The median Wisconsin county has an infection rate over 3.7%, which is 87.1% of the state's 4.3% mean infection rate. All 72 counties have infection rates over 1.7%; 70 are over 2%; 56 are over 3%; 29 are over 4%; 17 are over 5%; 5 are over 6%; and 1 is over 8%.

6/10 The top-ten most infected counties in Wisconsin:
County (cases per 100,000 residents)
Menominee (8603)
Shawano (6837)
Brown (6629)
Oconto (6322)
Kewaunee (6070)
Dodge (5969)
Forest (5946)
Calumet (5919)
Winnebago (5872)
Langlade (5779)

7/10 11-20th most infected counties in WI:
County (cases/100k residents)
Waushara (5869)
Outagamie (5700)
Fond du Lac (5522)
Waupaca (5372)
Florence (5316)
Sheboygan (5027)
Marinette (5025)
Marquette (4988)
Milwaukee (4956)
Portage (4640)

8/10 21st-30th most infected counties in WI:
County (cases/100k residents)
Racine (4600)
Green Lake (4537)
Marathon (4531)
Eau Claire (4428)
Trempealeau (4354)
**MEAN: 4323.2**
Grant (4319)
La Crosse (4255)
Iron (4124)
Oneida (4110)
Manitowoc (4102)

9/10 31st-40th most infected counties in WI:
County (cases/100k residents)
Washington (4057)
Jefferson (3937)
Lincoln (3927)
Rock (3801)
Chippewa (3790)
Door (3768)
**MEDIAN: 3767.6**
Lafayette (3767)
Walworth (3732)
Waukesha (3681)
Columbia (3643)

10/10 Look, election stuff is still dominating the news. But it shouldn't be--COVID should be. We are not done with this disease. It is killing us. It is sending us to the hospital and the ICU. #MaskUp #StayHome