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, […]
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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 […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/06/2022 – 03/12/2022
Over the course of 03/06/2022 to 03/12/2022 Appleton recorded 26 confirmed coronavirus cases and 5 probable cases. Deaths remained unchanged at 81. The community risk level is currently “Low”. We are just a few short days away from March 18 which will be the two […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/06/2022
Covid updates will look a little different going forward. The city is moving away from daily updates to their Covid dashboard and will instead be updating it weekly on Mondays. As was mentioned during the Board of Health meeting, the CDC has changed how it […]
Board Of Health Receives Covid-19 Update – Reviews New Risk Level Methodology
The Board of Health met 03/09/2022 and received a Covid-19 Update from Health Officer Sepers which included not only the normal case rate and vaccination rate information but also some more details about the new methodology they are using to track Covid levels in the […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/04/2022 – 03/05/2022
Normally on Mondays, the City of Appleton posts the coronavirus numbers for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Today, however, they only posted the numbers for Friday and Saturday which means I can’t give a total weekly case count yet until we’re given Sunday’s numbers. On 03/04/2022 […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/03/2022
On 03/03/2022 Appleton recorded 8 confirmed coronavirus cases and 2 probable cases. Active cases decreased by 9 to 59. Cases out of isolation increased by 20 to 21,261. Deaths remained unchanged at 81. I noted the reconciliation issue yesterday. That seems to have been corrected […]
Common Council Receives Covid-19 Update – Mayor Woodford Announces Covid-19 Updates To Council Will End, But Updates To Board Of Health Will Continue
During the 03/02/2022 Common Council meeting, the Council received a Covid-19 update. Mayor Woodford announced that this would be the last Covid-19 report at Common Council meetings, although information would still be reported out at the Board of Health meeting, and if conditions changed, they […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 03/02/2022
On 03/02/2022 Appleton recorded 7 confirmed coronavirus cases and 3 probable cases. Active cases decreased by 8 to 68. Cases out of isolation increased by 17 to 21,241. Deaths remained unchanged at 81. There seems to be a reconciliation issue. The number of new active […]