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The state Department of Health Services reported 464 new positive COVID-19 tests on Thursday, moving the state’s rate of positive tests slightly higher compared to previous days.
“Thursday’s positivity rate — 4.1% of all tests — still pales in comparison to early May’s double-digit totals. But epidemiologists consider the percent positive number to be a key indicator of changes in the disease’s spread, and it has recently increased throughout much of the U.S.,” reports Matt Piper for the USA Today Network-Wisconsin.
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“This judicial ruling leaves no protections in place for our community, putting all of us at increased risk. This means that all City residents must double-down on our own actions to protect ourselves, our families, our coworkers, and our neighbors from this virus.”
Racine Mayor Cory Mason, commenting on a judge’s order to halt enforcement of the city’s COVID-19 restrictions, as reported by the Journal Times.
Data to note
For every one COVID-19 case detected, 10 more likely go undetected, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said at a press conference Thursday, according to USA Today.
“For the Fourth of July, which is a family event, we want to emphasize that it’s really important that we get back to being vigilant as our collective commitment … to protect vulnerable friends, family, community,” he said, according to the newspaper.
Meanwhile, our partners at WisContext offer these visualizations of Wisconsin’s trends in confirmed cases.
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