MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network-WSAU) – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports the state’s highest single-total of new positive COVID-19 test results on Thursday, and ten additional deaths.
DHS reported 1,547 – or 17.5 percent – of 7,275 new results were returned as positive. The seven-day average percentage of new positives – 13.4 – is a new record high, and the seven-day average of reported positive daily cases is 1004, up from 674 a week ago.
The additional deaths bring the statewide total to 1,193 lives lost due to coronavirus.
Also on Thursday, UW-Madison reported nearly 400 new COVID-19 cases associated with its campus, where all classes are going online and a pair of residence halls are on two-week quarantine. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has asked UW to send students home for the remainder of the academic year. UW officials say that would be premature.
