Don't be fooled by the regularly updated NY Times COVID-19 published data base that shows zero new cases and deaths in Wisconsin over the weekend, as a state health department systems' upgrade has caused a reporting delay which ends Tuesday, the agency said.
For an accurate picture of the pandemic while the system is being tweaked, DHS officials suggested monitoring the seven-day averages on its website instead of daily positivity rates.
On Friday, 10/16, the average for the prior seven days was 3,052 cases, and a month earlier on 9/16, the average for the prior seven days was 1,339.
The trend speaks for itself and no doubt the COVID-19 case, death, hospitalization and related numbers are going to be ugly when the reporting resumes.
