I have started pulling Covid numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton. Last week from 04/24/2022 through 04/30/2022, Appleton recorded 93 confirmed cases and 25 probable cases. There were no new deaths reported last week, and no deaths added to previous […]
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Coronavirus Numbers For 04/17/2022 – 04/23/2022
I have started pulling Covid numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton. Last week from 04/17/2022 through 04/23/2022, Appleton recorded 87 confirmed cases and 20 probable cases. There were no new deaths reported last week, and no deaths added to previous […]
Appleton To Shut Down Covid Testing Site – Final Day 04/22/2022
The City of Appleton is ending it’s Covid testing services, “due to a dramatic decrease in testing demand.” The last day to get tested at the city-run location on Kensington Drive will be 04/22/2022.
Coronavirus Numbers For 04/10/2022 – 04/16/2022
I have started pulling Covid numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton. Last week from 04/09/2022 through 04/16/2022, Appleton recorded 50 confirmed cases and 12 probable cases. There were no new deaths reported last week, and no deaths added to previous […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 04/03/2022 – 04/09/2022
I have started pulling Covid numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton. Last week from 04/03/2022 through 04/09/2022, Appleton recorded 37 confirmed cases and 13 probable cases. There were no new deaths reported last week, but DHS is constantly updating its […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/27/2022 – 04/02/2022
As I previously mentioned, I have started pulling Covid numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton. Last week from 03/27/2022 through 04/02/2022, Appleton recorded 23 confirmed cases and 5 probable cases. There were no new deaths reported last week, […]
Historical Covid-19 Community Levels – Appleton Has Been In “High” Category From September Through January For Last Two Years
I thought it would be useful to go back through Covid case counts and hospitalization rates and get an idea of what the weekly community levels would have been under the CDC’s current measures. I think this is particularly important for people who will be […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/20/2022 – 03/26/2022
After the City of Appleton recently discovered 68 deaths they had not reported, I decided to start pulling numbers from the WI DHS website instead. Last week from 03/20/2022 through 03/26/2022, Appleton recorded 22 confirmed cases and 4 probable cases. There were no new deaths, […]
When Asked Why Staff Never Questioned Why Appleton’s Death Statistics Didn’t Line Up With DHS Reported Numbers, Health Officer Sepers Responds, “The previous reporting methodology likely provided the most accurate [data] during the early stages of the pandemic.”
As posted the other day, the City of Appleton Health Department has indicated that they underreported Covid deaths in Appleton by 68, explaining, “Previously, the department relied on receiving death reports of public health concern as required by State Statute 979.012 (https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/979/012). The direct reporting […]
Appleton Health Department Underreported Covid Deaths By 68
Yesterday, when the Appleton Health Department reported last week’s Covid numbers it indicated that it had, for the last two years, been undercounting Covid deaths. Instead of having had 81 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, Appleton actually had 149 deaths (68 more than […]