Coronavirus Case Numbers, Peak Time for Wisconsin, Social Distancing Grade for State and Clark County
Monday, May 4th, 2020 -- 10:59 AM
-Taking a look at the updated state numbers of coronavirus cases from yesterday afternoon, the state has 77,997 negative tests, 7,964 positive cases (an increase of 304 over Saturday) and 339 deaths, an increase of 5 over yesterday.Of the positive cases, 1,608, or 20%, have been hospitalized. Clark County has 21 positive and 256 negative. For our neighboring counties, Chippewa has 25 positive and 1,065 negative, Eau Claire has 36 positive and 2,072 negative, Jackson has 12 positive and 365 negative, Wood has 2 positive and 531 negative, Marathon has 19 positive and 826 negative and Taylor still has no positive cases and 127 negative. Clark County has had four people die due to the virus and Marathon and Jackson Counties have had one person die due to the coronavirus. Wisconsin’s Peak Time for the virus, according to the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, passed on April 11th. It went on to say that After May 22nd, relaxing social distancing may be possible with containment strategies that include testing, contact tracing, isolation, and limiting gathering size. The website Unacast, as a part of a COVID-19 took kit, has released grades for each state and every county in the state regarding how well they’re following social distancing procedures using cell phone data.
The state of Wisconsin has fallen slightly. A week ago, the state had received a grade of C-. Now, the state has received a grade of D+. Clark County has fallen slightly from a B- last week to a C this week. For our neighboring counties, Chippewa has a grade of D, Eau Claire has a grade of D, Jackson has a grade of D+, Wood has a grade of D+, Marathon has a grade of D and Taylor has a grade of C. Wisconsin is under a Safer at Home order, which askses all residents to avoid unnecessary travel. You can still go to the grocery store or pharmacy, get gas, get dinner from a local business, work in the yard, walk the dog, ride a bike, etc.; just practice social distancing when you do so.
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