City of Menasha Health Department COVID-19 Weekly Data Summary September 24, 2020
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City of Menasha Health Department COVID-19 Weekly Data Summary September 24, 2020 Summary • Currently in the City of Menasha the burden of confirmed COVID-19 cases is very high and the activity level is very high. • The case rate for this 2-week period (September 9 – September 22) is 570 cases per 100,000 population, which is an increase from a case rate of 370 cases per 100,000 population in the previous 2-week period (September 2 – September 15). • City of Menasha disease investigators are able to contact all confirmed cases of COVID-19 within 24 hours of the confirmed cases being communicated to the health department. However, disease investigators are only able to do so because they have implemented crisis standards of practice for disease investigation and contact tracing. • The Menasha Health Department has deployed three new Contact Tracing Specialists to assist with City of Menasha contact investigations. Additional staff are being trained to conduct disease investigations in order to help manage all confirmed cases of COVID-19. • A regional COVID-19 testing site is open at the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh. The site opened on September 1 and is expected to continue into December, 2020. Anyone age 5 years or older with symptoms of COVID-19 or who has been exposed to a person with COVID-19 may get tested at the site. Testing is free. Laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the City of Menasha for the past two weeks (Sept 9 – Sept 22) The confirmed case count for the most recent two-week period may be different from the number of cases reported daily on our website. This is due to occasional differences between the City of Menasha Health Department and WI DHS in dates used to report positive cases. The numbers shown below are reported by WI DHS. This does not affect the cumulative total number of confirmed cases for the City of Menasha. Confirmed Case Count for Case Rate (per 100,000 Burden* Population** past 2 weeks people) 99 570 Very High 17,510 *Burden is based off of the case rate per 100,000 people in the past two weeks. See the next table for more information on Burden Status for the City of Menasha. Visit the DHS website for more information on this indicator at the state and county level https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/local.htm **Population for the City of Menasha was retrieved from https://doa.wi.gov/DIR/Final_Ests_Muni_2019.pdf Page 1 of 4 Case Rate per 100,000 residents in Burden Status City of Menasha Number of cases the past two weeks Low Case rate is less than or equal to 10. Less than 2 cases. Case rate is greater than 10, but less Greater than 1 cases, but less than Moderate than or equal to 50. or equal to 8 cases. Case rate is greater than 50, but less Greater than 8 cases, but less than Moderately High than or equal to 100. or equal to 17 cases. High Case rate is greater than 100. Greater than 17 cases. Case rate is greater than or equal to Very High 350. Equal to or greater than 62 cases. City of Menasha COVID-19 case rate trend and burden by two-week periods* 600.0 500.0 400.0 300.0 200.0 Rate per 100,000 people 100,000 per Rate 100.0 0.0 Low Moderate Moderately High High Very High *see the table above for more information about burden status. Page 2 of 4 Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases by day in the City of Menasha in the past two weeks (Sept 9 – Sept 22) and the 7 day average 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 # of Confirmed Cases 7 Day Average of Case Count Number and percentage of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 by age: cumulative and in the past two weeks (Sept 9 – Sept 22) Cumulative total cases Cases in the past two weeks Number of Percentage of Total Cases Number of Percentage of Cases in Age Group Cases Cases Past Two Weeks <20 39 12.2% 12 12.1% 20-29 71 22.2% 20 20.2% 30-39 61 19.1% 20 20.2% 40-49 48 15.0% 18 18.2% 50-59 46 14.4% 14 14.1% 60+ 55 17.2% 15 15.2% Total 320 100% 99 100% Page 3 of 4 Percentage of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 by age: cumulative and in the past two weeks (Sept 9 – Sept 22) 25.0% 22.2% 20.2% 20.2% 19.1% 20.0% 18.2% 17.2% 15.0% 14.4% 15.2% 15.0% 14.1% 12.1% 12.2% 10.0% Percent of Cases 5.0% 0.0% <20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+ Age Groups % of Cumulative Total Cases % of Cases Confirmed Sept 9-Sept 22 Active cases of COVID-19 and total number of laboratory confirmed cases in the City of Menasha (as of September 22) Active Cases Total Cases Number of Percent of Total Active Cases Confirmed Cases Total Number of Confirmed Cases 86 26.9% 320 More Information Additional resources and information about COVID-19 can be found on the following websites: • City of Menasha Health Department COVID-19 webpage • Wisconsin Department of Health Services • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Winnebago County Health Department • Calumet County Public Health Division Page 4 of 4 .