19 Wisconsin Counties Have 'High' COVID-19 Activity: DHS

MILWAUKEE, WI — Wisconsin health officials say 19 counties have "high" COVID-19 activity levels after the Department of Health Services released new data on the spread of the virus on Tuesday.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, COVID-19 activity level is based on whether the county's case rate and whether the change in cases is significantly shrinking, growing, or the same. The new report can be found on the DHS website.

Case Rate

The total number of cases per 100,000 Wisconsin residents in the last two weeks.

Low

Case rate is less than or equal to 10 per 100,000 Wisconsin residents.

Moderate

Case rate is greater than 10, but less than or equal to 50 per 100,000 Wisconsin residents.

Moderately High

Case rate is greater than 50, but less than or equal to 100 per 100,000 Wisconsin residents.

High

Case rate is greater than 100 per 100,000 Wisconsin residents.

Counties Considered High For COVID-19 Activity

Data includes case rate (cases per 100,000 people over the last two weeks).

60 Brown

52 Clark

51 Fond du Lac

65 Forest

29 Grant

56 Jefferson

98 Kenosha

79 La Crosse

95 Lafayette

170 Milwaukee

63 Outagamie

96 Portage

120 Racine

68 Rock

64 Sheboygan

170 Trempealeau

56 Walworth

72 Waupaca

160 Winnebago