The area saw more encouraging signs since Friday on the COVID-19 front with a lower positivity rate and recoveries outnumbering cases again.

Door County Public Health disclosed only two positive tests for the coronavirus on Monday.  The positivity rate from the 39 tests performed was only 5.1 percent.  The total active cases dropped by one and now stands at 15. 

Kewaunee County reported three confirmed cases of the coronavirus with five recoveries noted on Monday.  The 72 test results since Friday showed a positivity rate of just 4.1 percent.  The number of active cases fell from 12 to 10.

The Department of Health Services reported no COVID-19 deaths for the second consecutive day.  Coronavirus cases in the state went up 423 on Monday with 32 new hospitalizations.