MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin has passed 70,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according to state and health officials.
New data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Care and the Department of Public Health of the county that was shared Saturday brings the total confirmed cases of the state to 70,050 * since the beginning of the pandemic.
The state went over 60,000 confirmed cases less than two weeks ago.
Seven more people have died from complications due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll from the state to 1,083 people.
Saturday also saw a jump in the percentage of new tests that came back positive. Of the 8,700 tests processed in the past 24 hours, 10.9% returned positive, which has been up more than three percentage points since Friday.
Although health officials continue to test Wisconsinites for the virus, the vast majority of patients have recovered from their infections. Roughly 87% of patients with confirmed cases have recovered, according to DHS statistics.
On Friday, Public Health Madison & Dane County issued an emergency order requiring all students in grades 3-12 to begin school year voluntarily.
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* News 3 now uses data from DHS and county dashboards to calculate daily cases and deaths. DHS publishes new issues daily at 2 a.m., and our newsroom continues to be updated throughout the day with additional cases reported by individual counties. Using a combination of state and province data, News 3 Now is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date COVID-19 coverage.
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