GET ME REWRITE: Putting Dane County Wisconsin's current 7-day average of new Covid cases in perspective

 

New cases are down nearly 7% since May 14th.

Source:  New York Times (arrows added below)

5/18/2022 update starts here

Source:  New York Times

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 5/18/2022

5/7/2022 update starts here.

Headline:  Madison.com, 5/7/2022

The decision to continue masking comes after most other mask requirements have been dropped, even on public transportation, which had been one of the last settings masks were required under an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A federal judge struck down that federal mandate April 18. 

Madison is one of the last remaining districts in Dane County to still have a mask mandate in place after others relaxed their policies. Dane County dropped its countywide mask rule on March 1. 

The Madison School District cited rising COVID-19 cases locally as a reason for its repeated extension of its mask mandate. The district’s team of medical advisors unanimously recommended keeping the policy in place, the district said.

The 7-day average of new Covid cases is still down 92% from its January peak

New York Times

Original 4/28/2022 post starts here

Headline:  Capital Times, 4/226/2022

Dane County’s case activity has been increasing since late March, according to Public Health Madison & Dane County, with a current seven-day average of 159 cases per day. The county had 648 new cases since Friday, data from PHMDC show. 

However, it’s not cause for panic, director Janel Heinrich said in a statement, especially given the county’s high vaccination rate.

Which the bar graph confirms.