Two months ago, we were comparing daily COVID-19 numbers to last summer’s lows. For the past two weeks, we’ve been comparing them to last February, coming off the omicron variant surge.
Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported almost 2,600 new COVID-19 cases, the most reported on one day since February 8. The DHS says Wisconsin is averaging 1,963 cases per day over the last week, up from an average of 1,925 a day ago, which is the highest 7-day average since February 13.
Same as yesterday, 19 of the 20 counties we track in Northeast Wisconsin had new cases, with Florence County being the exception; 10 of those counties reported double-digit increases.
Shawano County topped 10,000 cases (10,024). Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties reached milestones yesterday.