Have COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths tended to be lower in Wisconsin than in Michigan since the pandemic began?
Wisconsin has recorded fewer deaths and hospitalizations relative to population that neighboring Michigan during the coronavirus pandemic.
Since the onset of the disease, Wisconsin has experienced fewer COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 residents than Michigan—127 compared to 182—despite a greater number of reported cases per 100,000 residents. Between March 2020 and March 2021, Michigan consistently reported more hospitalizations per million residents than Wisconsin, except for two months in the fall.
Michigan has experienced a renewed surge in infections in recent weeks, leading to the worst current outbreak in the U.S. by most measures. In the week ending April 23, the state reported the third-highest amount of deaths per 100,000 residents of any state. As of April 19, Wisconsin reported 62 hospitalizations per million residents, compared with 423 per million in Michigan.