10/27/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/27/2021 09:33
Each week, Children's Wisconsin will provide hospital census information to help our community better understand how respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), are impacting kids. As the only health system in the state dedicated to the health of kids, Children's Wisconsin has the largest pediatric intensive care unit in the state. Check back on Wednesdays for the latest update.
"We are encouraged by the overwhelming recommendation to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. Next week, we expect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to review the data, and for a final decision to be made. The number of COVID-19 cases in those less than 18 years old continues to decline in Wisconsin. However, the numbers of kids hospitalized at Children's Wisconsin due to respiratory viruses remained steady compared to last week. Our hope is that the hospitalizations begin to decline as overall cases continue to do the same. We are cautiously optimistic that this will happen in the coming weeks and are continuing to monitor this early start to the viral season. As always, we want to encourage mitigation efforts to help us get there - wear your mask, watch your distance, wash your hands, work or attend school only when well, and get vaccinated when you are eligible."
- Michael Gutzeit, MD, chief medical officer, Children's Wisconsin
Average daily occupancy trends at Children's Wisconsin Hospital-Milwaukee
The average daily occupancy at Children's Wisconsin Hospital-Milwaukee |
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% of rooms occupied |
% of rooms occupied in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) |
Oct. 20-26 | 69% | 74% |
Oct. 13-19 | 70% | 72% |
Oct. 6-12 | 72% | 82% |
Sept. 29 - Oct. 5 | 72% | 82% |
Sept. 22-28 | 71% | 78% |
Sept. 15-21 | 68% | 78% |
Sept. 8-14 | 68% | 79% |
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% of patients in isolation |
% of patients in isolation for a respiratory illness (including COVID-19 and RSV) |
Oct. 20-26 | 33% | 21% |
Oct. 13-19 | 31% | 20% |
Oct. 6-12 | 37% | 26% |
Sept. 29 - Oct. 5 | 33% | 25% |
Sept. 22-28 | 37% | 28% |
Sept. 15-21 | 34% | 26% |
Sept. 8-14 | 31% | 24% |
Respiratory virus trends seen at Children's Wisconsin Hospital-Milwaukee
Average daily number of children admitted to Children's Wisconsin Hospital-Milwaukee who tested positive with a respiratory virus |
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COVID-19 | RSV | Rhinovirus | Influenza |
Oct. 20-26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Oct. 13-19 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Oct. 6-12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
Sept. 29 - Oct. 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 0 |
Sept. 22-28 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Sept. 15-21 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
Sept. 8-14 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
Confirmed pediatric COVID-19 cases
Confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide for kids 0-17 based on Wisconsin Department of Health Services database.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide |
Total | Age 0-3 | Age 4-8 | Age 9-13 |
Age 14-17 |
Week of Oct. 10 |
3,522 | 407 | 902 | 1,207 | 1,006 |
Week of Oct. 3 |
4,188 | 380 | 965 | 1,460 | 1,383 |
Week of Sept. 26 |
4,629 | 489 | 1,047 | 1,610 | 1,483 |
Week of Sept. 19 |
5,257 | 520 | 1,231 | 1,866 | 1,640 |
Week of Sept. 12 |
5,596 | 494 | 1,297 | 1,948 | 1,857 |
Week of Sept. 5 |
4,392 | 491 | 1,121 | 1,426 | 1,354 |
Week of Aug. 29 |
3,099 | 405 | 795 | 961 | 938 |
Week of Aug. 22 |
2,343 | 377 | 633 | 692 | 641 |
Week of Aug. 15 |
2,108 | 347 | 559 | 631 | 571 |
*The latest information from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services is still preliminary and will continue to be updated by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services as cases are investigated and confirmed.
State |
Current hospitalization |
Previous highest |
Wisconsin |
.25 |
.61 on 9/25/21 |
Florida |
.32 |
1.61 on 8/30/21 |
Georgia |
.27 |
2.23 on 8/13/21 |
Idaho |
.54 |
.80 on 9/28/21 |
Illinois |
.13 |
.31 on 11/11/20 |
Iowa | .29 |
.83 on 11/20/20 |
Louisiana | .12 |
1.2 on 8/15/21 |
Minnesota | .23 |
.42 on 12/11/20 |
Montana | .94 | 3.31 on 10/2/20 |
Ohio | .41 |
1.01 on 9/21/21 |
Tennessee | .14 |
1.12 on 9/5/21 |
Texas | .26 |
.92 on 9/4/21 |
Current hospitalization rates are an average of how many kids, age 0-17, out of 100,000 are hospitalized. For example, on Sept. 25, an average of .61 children out of 100,000 were hospitalized in Wisconsin with COVID-19, though many of those kids were hospitalized for other reasons. To see more of this data, please visit the COVID-19 Data Tracker from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For more information and data specific to pediatric cases of COVID-19, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website.