Dec. 2, 2020 3:35p
(WGTD/WPR)---More than one-third of the approximately 150 COVID-related deaths that have occurred in Kenosha County since the pandemic began last spring occurred in November.
According to numbers from the state, 62 COVID deaths were reported in the county last month, or about 41% of the total.
Six of the deaths occurred among a single extended family during a nine-day period. The deceased ranged in age from 69 to 92, and all were considered to have underlying conditions, according to published obituaries and records from the Kenosha County Medical Examiner's office.
Health officials say the current surge of cases began after the Labor Day holiday.
Over the past week, there's been a decline in cases statewide, although some experts warn the trend may not last.
The state Department of Health Services reported 3,777 new cases of the disease Wednesday, bringing the average for the past seven days to 3,664 daily cases, the lowest it's dipped in over a month.
Two weeks ago, Wisconsin's seven-day average for new cases reached 6,563, the highest it's been since the pandemic began earlier this year.
As the number of new cases has dropped since Thanksgiving, so has the number of tests conducted, according to DHS.
There were 82 new deaths from COVID-19 reported Wednesday.
The community with the most stringent COVID restrictions in the WGTD listening area is extending them through the end of June.
The Racine City Council voted 12-2 Tuesday night to keep in place tight capacity limits, mask requirements and other restrictions.
City health department officials believe the data shows that the rules are working to suppress the disease. Before "Safer Racine" went into effect in May, the number of coronavirus cases within the department's jurisdiction was several times higher than the rest of Racine County. Now it's about the same.
The jurisdiction, which includes the city and the villages of Wind Point and Elmwood Park, has less than half of Racine County's overall population, but on the whole, is more densely packed in than the rest of the county.
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