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FDL County COVID-19 Numbers Stable, Brown County Spikes
The Wednesday numbers showed a slight uptick for COVID-19 in Fond du Lac County. There are now 67 confirmed cases, and 8 active cases. There are also 56 recovered cases.
The State of Wisconsin DHS site shows FDL County with 1,089 negative tests returned so far. Statewide, there have been 49,502 negative tests, but the numbers from Wednesday showed the largest single day increase in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. Ninety new cases of COVID-19 in Brown County accounted for just under half of the total increase of 225 cases.
State Health officials report that 4,845 positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Wisconsin. Four more deaths were reported bringing that total to 246. Brown County’s total number of cases is now at 410 which pushes it past Dane County in total number of confirmed infections. Most of those cases are based in clusters in Green Bay Area meat packing plants.