COVID-19 Daily Update: Wednesday, October 28

The latest Wisconsin COVID-19 information including information for Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn Counties.

This information is from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Note: To see the more data for a county, we highly recommend contacting your local health agency or visiting the DHS website.

Wisconsin COVID-19 Summary Statistics

DrydenWire Coverage Area Numbers

Editor’s Note: We have made a few changes to our daily numbers. Effective Monday, October 26, 2020, we have removed the “Probable Cases” category and have added "Active Cases", "Recovered Cases", and "Fatality Percentage" as categories to our Area Coverage Numbers.

*Numbers in parenthesis represent change since yesterday.

Barron County

• Total Confirmed Cases: 1,132 (+39)
• Total Negative Cases: 12,115 (+101)
• Active Cases: 235 (+19)
• Recovered Cases: 890 (+19)
• Number of Deaths: 7 (+1)
• Case Fatality Percentage: 0.6%

Burnett County

• Total Confirmed Cases: 311 (+3)
• Total Negative Cases: 3,655 (+32)
• Active Cases: 29 (-4)
• Recovered Cases: 276 (+7)
• Number of Deaths: 6
• Case Fatality Percentage: 1.9%

Polk County

• Total Confirmed Cases: 563 (+15)
• Total Negative Cases: 11,413 (+64)
• Active Cases: 113 (+5)
• Recovered Cases: 447 (+10)
• Number of Deaths: 3
• Case Fatality Percentage: 0.5%

Rusk County

• Total Confirmed Cases: 211 (+6)
• Total Negative Cases: 3,012 (+20)
• Active Cases: 60 (+2)
• Recovered Cases: 150 (+4)
• Number of Deaths: 1
• Case Fatality Percentage: 0.5%

Sawyer County

• Total Confirmed Cases: 380 (+8)
• Total Negative Cases: 5,424 (+17)
• Active Cases: 47 (+7)
• Recovered Cases: 330 (+1)
• Number of Deaths: 3
• Case Fatality Percentage: 0.8%

Washburn County

• Total Confirmed Cases: 245 (+3)
• Total Negative Cases: 3,786 (+22)
• Active Cases: 40 (-4)
• Recovered Cases: 203 (+7)
• Number of Deaths: 2
• Case Fatality Percentage: 0.8%

Six County Coverage Area Totals

• Total Confirmed Cases: 2,842 (+74)
• Total Negative Cases: 39,405 (+256)
• Active Cases: 524 (+25)
• Recovered Cases: 2,296 (+48)
• Number of Deaths: 22 (+1)
• Case Fatality Percentage: 0.9%

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