10/20/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/20/2021 11:03
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 continue to see a high number of kids hospitalized at Children's Wisconsin, especially for this time of year, but we're thankful to have seen a slight decrease in hospitalizations in the last week. Like Wisconsin, some states saw COVID-19 hospitalization rates in kids decrease over the last week, while others are seeing another increase. This reinforces the importance of the mitigation efforts we know work - 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. 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. 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. 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. 3 |
4,071 | 367 | 939 | 1,427 | 1,338 |
Week of Sept. 26 |
4,613 | 484 | 1,045 | 1,603 | 1,481 |
Week of Sept. 19 |
5,251 | 519 | 1,234 | 1,862 | 1,636 |
Week of Sept. 12 |
5,593 | 495 | 1,296 | 1,947 | 1,855 |
Week of Sept. 5 |
4,390 | 490 | 1,120 | 1,426 | 1,354 |
Week of Aug. 29 |
3,096 | 405 | 794 | 960 | 937 |
Week of Aug. 22 |
2,343 | 377 | 633 | 692 | 641 |
Week of Aug. 15 |
2,107 | 347 | 559 | 631 | 570 |
*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.
In Wisconsin, the hospitalization rate of those age 0-17 with COVID-19 has continued to slowly decrease after a spike in September.
According to the latest data from the CDC, last week, some states continued to see a plateauing or decreasing COVID-19 hospitalization rate in those 0-17 years old. However, almost half of the states saw the hospitalization rate beginning to increase once again.
State |
Current hospitalization rate age 0-17 (As of Oct.12) |
Previous highest hospitalization |
Wisconsin |
.34 |
.61 on 9/25/21 |
Florida |
.34 |
1.61 on 8/30/21 |
Georgia |
.17 |
2.23 on 8/13/21 |
Idaho |
.29 |
.80 on 9/28/21 |
Illinois |
.09 |
.31 on 11/11/20 |
Iowa | .37 |
.83 on 11/20/20 |
Louisiana | .18 |
1.2 on 8/15/21 |
Minnesota | .20 |
.42 on 12/11/20 |
Montana | .56 | 3.31 on 10/2/20 |
Ohio | .63 |
1.01 on 9/21/21 |
Tennessee | .44 |
1.12 on 9/5/21 |
Texas | .30 |
.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.