Wednesday saw another uptick in positive tests for the coronavirus in Door County right before Christmas. Door County Public Health reported nineteen more confirmed COVID-19 cases. Active cases increased by 16 to 350, countered by five new recoveries. There were no recent hospitalizations in Door County as the total ever hospitalized stayed at 67.
Kewaunee County did not have a report Wednesday, and the next COVID-19 update will be on Monday, December 28.
Kewaunee County has been showing a growing trajectory in COVID activity and experiencing very high case activity levels. Door County is experiencing very high case activity levels with no significant change in disease activity. Both counties have been downgraded from the “critically high” to the “very high” category since last month.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported over 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 and 69 more deaths on Wednesday.