COVID-19 in Wisconsin: At least 5,356 cases, 262 deaths
In this photograph taken from behind a window, doctors inside a Covid-19 intensive care unit of San Matteo Hospital, in Pavia, northern Italy, Thursday, March 26, 2020. The San Matteo hospital is where Patient 1, a 38-year-old Unilever worker named Mattia, was kept since he tested positive for Covid-19 on Feb. 21 and opened Italy’s health care crisis. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.[Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP]
A total of 5,356 positive cases of COVID-19 and 262 deaths have been confirmed in Wisconsin as of Friday, according to state health officials.
That marks an increase of 304 cases over Thursday and an increase of five deaths.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 1,353 cases have required hospitalization, which accounts for 25% of all cases.
In total, Wisconsin has had 54,573 negative sample results.
State health officials don’t release the number of patients who have recovered.