Coronavirus
Hospitalizations on rise in La Crosse County, which added 122 COVID cases; Trempealeau reports 6th death in 3 days
The Wednesday update from the Coulee COVID-19 Collaborative dashboard still showing all but one metric in the red.
The lone indicator not in red is “care capacity.” It remains in yellow, which means county hospitals are nearing care and testing capacity.
La Crosse County added 122 cases Wednesday, along with six more residents hospitalized — making 158 since Nov. 1 — while Trempealeau County reported another COVID-19 death.
Over the past week, La Crosse is averaging 85.3 cases a day, according to the state. The positivity rate over that span is 30%, according to the dashboard.
There are 18.4 people per 100,000 being admitted into county hospitals daily over the past week, according to the collaborative. That number is up from 17.3 last week but down from the all-time high 27.6 from two weeks ago. The case rate per 100,000 over the past week is 78.3.
Both of those metrics far from being considered “green.”
Of the six “community indicators” from the collaborative, none are close to being out of the red.
In surrounding counties, Trempealeau reported its 21st death — its sixth in three days and 16th since Nov. 2.
Here’s a look at cases and hospitalizations in counties in the Coulee Region:
VERNON: 16 new cases (18.7 cases/day past week – 1,175 total – 252 active – 15 hospitalized)
TREMPEALEAU: 31 new cases (24.3 cases/day past week – 2,455 total – 512 active – 20 hospitalized)
JACKSON: 33 new cases (17.0 cases/day past week – 1,765 total – 199 active – 10 hospitalized)
MONROE: 23 new cases (31.1 cases/day past week – 2,736 total – 302 active – 13 hospitalized)
WINONA: 39 new cases (47.6 cases/day past week – 2,920 total)
HOUSTON: 36 new cases (19.9 cases/day past week – 769 total)
STATE TOTALS
Wisconsin: 395,090 cases, 17,569 hospitalizations, 3,502 deaths
Minnesota: 327,477 cases, 17,378 hospitalizations, 3,692 deaths
Iowa: 236,159 cases, 2,519 deaths
Statewide, Wisconsin added another 3,777 cases, 197 hospitalizations and 82 deaths.
The state is averaging 3,664 cases, 46.3 deaths a day the past week.
Minnesota added 5,192 cases, 267 hospitalizations and 77 deaths, which is the second most to the 101 deaths reported five days ago.
The state is averaging 45.3 deaths a day the past week, along with 230.3 hospitalizations.
Iowa added another 3,098 cases, a single-day high 70 deaths and 136 hospitalizations.
