The percentage of tests for COVID-19 coming back as positive, a metric used by many health departments to measure how well a community is fighting the spread of the virus, again rose dramatically in Kewaunee County and remained at a high rate in Door County and the state of Wisconsin during the week from Jan. 5 to 11.
The number of positive tests in each county remained steady in that time, but the rate of positive tests in each county was about one-third of all results: 35.5% in Kewaunee, up from 21.9% for the week ending Jan. 5; and 33.2% in Door, comparable to the 33.7% weekly rate as of Jan. 5. The World Health Organization has said that a positivity rate of more than 5% is concerning because it means testing isn’t widespread enough to capture the spread of the virus among the general population. The counties positive percentage numbers mirror the statewide figure of 34.6%.