Coronavirus Numbers For 08/14/2022 – 08/20/2022

I have started pulling Covid case and death numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton.

Last week from 08/14/2022 through 08/20/2022, Appleton recorded 140 confirmed cases and 10 probable cases for a total of 150. There were no new deaths recorded last week, but there was one added to the count back on June 30th bringing the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 163.

Outagamie and Calumet counties are both in the “Low” Covid-19 Community Level as determined by the CDC’s metrics; however, Winnebago County is at the “Medium” level. That means that Appleton, which straddles those three counties, is in the “Medium” category.

Appleton recorded its first case of coronavirus on 03/18/2020, so we are now on our third year of Covid tracking. The current 7-day running average of confirmed and probable cases is 24.43 as compared to 21.57 on this day last year, and 6.00 the year before. We had 150 total cases this last week, as compared to 151 on this week last year, and 48 the year before.

During the full 2021-22 cycle we had 63 total deaths with/from coronavirus as compared to 96 during the 2020-21 cycle. Right now, we have had 4 deaths since March 18, 2022, as compared to 3 deaths between March 18 and August 20 in 2021 and 8 in 2020.

At the end of the first-year cycle, the death rate for known cases of coronavirus was 1.20%. At the end of the second-year cycle, the death rate was down to 0.49%. Currently, in the third-year cycle from March 18 to August 20, the death rate for known cases of coronavirus is down to 0.15%.

There are currently 17 WI county in the “High” level, 36 in the “Medium” level, and 19 counties in the “Low” level.

The fully vaccinated rates for the “High” counties range from 41.8% to 79.8%. The “Medium” counties range from 35.9% to 84.2%. The “Low” counties had fully vaccinated rates ranging from 44.9% to 69.5%.