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Rock County, Walworth and Green counties all continue to have 鈥渧ery high鈥 COVID-19 case activity, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Area health systems appear to have paused COVID-19 vaccinations for school district employees after changes to guidance by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Health officials believed they would see an increase in positive cases as testing capabilities increased, including the two public testing sites that opened last week in Beloit.聽
Home Instead Senior Care and Evansville Manor have joined a list of Rock County organizations reporting cases of COVID-19 in employees or residents.
The county health department on Thursday reported 13 new cases of COVID-19 and 75 negative tests.
Some local COVID-19 numbers have health officials feeling optimistic, but it might be too soon to tell if Rock County cases have hit a peak, officials say.
A map published by the Rock County Public Health Department shows the highest density of cases of COVID-19 cases are in the 53511 and 53546 ZIP codes.
The county health department released data Tuesday showing Rock County under normal capacity has 260 hospital beds, 37 ICU beds and 32 ventilators.
Officials say Rock County plans to provide more information when "the potential for individual patient identity risk is low." Walworth County officials have posted case details with fewer confirmed cases than Rock County.
In an effort to prevent patients and staff from exposure to COVID-19, patients and visitors will be screened for temperature and symptoms at the door and provided a mask or other information if appropriate.
It is one of dozens of changes Mercyhealth and SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-糖心Vlog传媒 have taken in response to COVID-19.