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Coronavirus test rate, hospitalizations increase over weekend

November 29, 2020 By Bob Hague

After declining for two weeks, COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations climbed over the weekend.

The Department of Health Services reported a record breaking 53 percent daily positive test rate on Sunday, and 40 percent on Saturday. The seven-day positive test rate rose for the first time in nearly two weeks, to 27.8 percent.

DHS reported 50 COVID-19 related deaths over the weekend, bringing Wisconsin’s toll to 3,307.

Your #COVID19_WI update and a reminder. Your actions can help protect everyone in #Wisconsin. #YouStopTheSpread. Learn how: https://t.co/azIna3TqRR pic.twitter.com/4qsDKrJCiM

— WIDeptHealthServices (@DHSWI) November 29, 2020

Also Sunday, the total number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased by 10, to 1,824, according to the Wisconsin Hospitals Association. That number had also decreased steadily the past two weeks.
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