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Winnebago County Public Health Department
COVID-19 SITUATION UPDATE
October 15, 2020, 4:30 p.m.
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REGIONAL TESTING SITE AT SUNNYVIEW EXPO CENTER
MONDAY-FRIDAY: 10AM-6PM / SATURDAY: 8AM-4PM / SUNDAY: CLOSED
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT COVID-19 HOTLINE: 920-232-3026 (M-F 8:15am-4:15pm) |
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COVID-19 Lab Confirmed Cases |
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Winnebago County* (As of 8am, 10/15/20)
Released 10/15/20
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†Group housing facilities include city and county jails, homeless shelters, dormitories and group homes. As of October 3, 2020, confirmed cases among those living in Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities, which includes the Oshkosh Correctional Institute, are no longer included in WCHD data reports.
**Each test result is manually processed by the Winnebago County Health Department. Processing positive cases is our first priority to ensure quick notification and investigation to help prevent spread of COVID-19. Recent negative test results may not have been processed yet. This will not affect our weekly report on percent positivity. Any unprocessed negative results will be accounted for in our weekly data summary that reports the average percent positivity across a two week period.
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Wisconsin (As of 8am, 10/14/20)
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Positive: 158,578 (+3,107 from 10/13)
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Negative: 1,568,389 (+11,435)
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Ever Hospitalized: 8,754 (5.5%) (+153)
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Deaths: 1,536 (+28)
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Active Cases: 31,595 (20%)
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Recovered Cases: 125,411 (79%)
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Total Hospital Bed Utilization: 84%
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Badger Bounce Back Dashboard: Emergency department visits, percent positive cases
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Wisconsin Summary Data: Lab capacity, cases by gender, race and ethnicity
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Activity Level for Disease Spread by Region & County based on case rate per 100,000 residents and percent change in cases (updated every Wednesday by 2 p.m.)
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Oshkosh-Neenah is listed by the NY Times as the #2 worst outbreak area in the Nation. Appleton and Green Bay are in the top 5. We have uncontrolled spread that is threatening all aspects of community life. Reliance on voluntary compliance to slow the spread of disease continues to fail.
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Stay at Home. There are thousands of people currently infected with COVID-19 in Winnebago County and thousands more that have been exposed and may develop the disease. Many do not know they are infected and others are knowingly breaking isolation and quarantine. Assume that every public place you are in has a risk of exposure to you. Wear a mask and keep your distance at all times in public, minimize your time in any indoor environment outside your home. Assume household members that are active outside of the home can infect you. If you have been tested, please stay home until you receive your test results and then follow recommendations for isolation if positive and quarantine if negative and a close contact to a case.
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Deaths are on the rise. One-third of the 39 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in our jurisdiction have occurred in the past 2 weeks.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are at record levels across the state. In our region, COVID-19 hospitalizations are at the highest level to date – almost 3 times as high as they were one month ago. As of 10/14/20, Fox Valley Area hospitals had 150 COVID-19 patients hospitalized, an increase from the 138 hospitalized patients last week. The Wisconsin State Fair Park Alternate Care Facility was opened on Oct. 14 to start accepting overflow. Elective procedures are being cancelled.
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The extraordinarily high rates of cases have caused school closings, business closings and are challenging available hospital capacity. We need everyone to stay home when ill, wear a mask, and physically distance.
- The number of new cases continues to increase and continues to exceed the ability of testing and case investigation to control the spread of illness. The number of cases in the first week of this 2-week timeframe was 910 and for this most recent week is 992.
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The confirmed case rate over the past 2 weeks for our jurisdiction is 1237.1 cases per 100,000, a small increase from the 1225.6 per 100,000 reported last week, and the highest biweekly case rate for our jurisdiction to date. The doubling time for our cases is 23.7 days. For all of Winnebago County, the case rate over the past 2 weeks is 1,458.0, and for the Fox Valley HERC region it is 1,316.1*, putting both at a very high burden level.
- Individuals aged 25-29 had the highest confirmed case rate of 1,786 per 100,000 over the past 2 weeks. Case rates among the 18-24 age group have declined across recent weeks.
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Testing percent positivity is at 12.4% for the past 2 weeks, which is the same as last week and still far from our goal of remaining below 5% positivity. The regional COVID-19 testing site at Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh has averaged performing 868 tests per day over the past 2 weeks. Regional testing capacity is increasing with additional National Guards site open in other counties. If you have been tested, please stay home until you receive your test results and follow the guidance provided.
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Contact tracing capacity has been overwhelmed. Our goal is to reach out to all confirmed cases within 24-48 hours of being reported to the health department. Given the current surge in positive cases, our ability to do contact tracing has been strained. Only the highest risk close contacts are being contacted directly by public health – we are asking confirmed cases to reach out to all other close contacts themselves. This is despite our department having expanded our COVID -19 contact tracing staff more than five-fold to over 25 FTE.
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Older adults and people with underlying medical conditions are most at risk. If you have cancer, chronic kidney disease, COPD, obesity, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, or diabetes, you should take these warnings very seriously and take extra precautions to stay safe.
- View our full data summaries for more information and graphs.
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What's New
(Updated Tuesdays & Thursdays)
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The Winnebago County Board of Health will meet on Thursday, October 15 at 5:00 p.m. to vote on a proposed ordinance to amend section 11.08 of the General Code of Winnebago County: County Health Officer. The ordinance amendment would reinstate local health officer authority to enforce orders to prevent, suppress and respond to communicable disease threats as necessary. General orders would need full county board support to be enforceable. This authority was lost locally, in the absence of specific local ordinance language, with turnover of the "Safer at Home" statewide order earlier this year. The full County Board will take this up at the County Board meeting Tuesday, October 20. The ordinance amendment will only go into effect of the full County Board approves it.
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Our COVID-19 dashboard will not be updated on October 17 & 18 because of scheduled updates to the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS), which is used by DHS and local health departments to track COVID-19 cases. No data will be lost during the updates, though it may lag a few days behind and appear artificially low or skewed. We are encouraging people to look at the 7-day rolling average and trends to better understand COVID activity during this time. Data should begin to stabilize by Tuesday, October 20. Communicable disease will still be monitored throughout the weekend, and reporting of test results will not be impacted. Individuals will still be able to receive their results through their provider or COVID Connect from a community testing site.
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The City of Oshkosh and Winnebago County want to encourage residents and businesses within the city to continue following basic public health guidelines: wearing masks, social distancing at least six feet apart from one another, washing hands regularly, and avoiding gatherings. Read the full press release.
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CONTACT 211 FOR NON-MEDICAL QUESTIONS: TEXT COVID19 TO 211-211 / CALL 211
Utility, Food & Housing Assistance, Elder Care, Crisis Intervention, Alcohol & Drug Recovery and Much More
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How to Protect Yourself from COVID-19
- Wear a mask.
- Stay at least 6 feet apart from people you do not live with.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially before eating and after going to the bathroom, blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing.
- If you do not have soap and water, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
- Do not attend gatherings with people you do not live with.
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash. Cough or sneeze into an elbow if no tissue is available. Wash your hands.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household disinfectant cleaning spray or wipe.
- Additional guidance from the CDC
Additional Resources
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Local Healthcare Providers:
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