New York Times (above and below)
10/16/2021 update starts here
White boxes indicate counties with highest numbers, yellow boxes counties with lowest numbers.
The good news is that Wisconsin's 7-day average of new Covid cases has decreased by 27% since the beginning of October.
October 11 update starts here
White boxes indicate counties with highest numbers, yellow boxes counties with lowest numbers.
New York Times (boxes added)
55 of Wisconsin's 82 counties are at extremely high risk of Covid spread.
October 6 update starts here
New York Times (boxes added)
The top 10 counties that have the highest number of Covid cases per 100,000 residents are all solidly positioned in Trump's America. In 6 of the counties, Trump won at least two-thirds of the vote in 2020.
October 2 update starts here
5 of the above counties are in the top 10 for largest percentage of the vote in 2020. And three counties on the table below have the lowest percentage of fully vaccinated residents: Taylor (31%), Clark (33%), Rusk (36%). The state average is 57%.
Original 9/30/2021 post starts here
(dots indicating highs and lows added)
All of the above counties are solidly in the GOP column. In fact, they all became extremely Trumpy in 2016 and doubled down on their errant ways in 2020.
