Respiratory Illness Dashboard

Key Takeaways for the Week of May 22, 2025

  • The number of people in the ER with COVID, flu, and RSV are all at low and stable levels.
  • The number of people in the ER with all respiratory illnesses is low and decreasing.
  • There is a 7-day average of 5.1 inpatients hospitalized for COVID each day in Dane County, which is the lowest level we’ve seen in the past year.

Dashboard Update Schedule

This dashboard is updated on Thursdays at 12:30 pm. If the dashboard is not updated then, we may be experiencing technical issues; check back at 4:30 pm. If we experience a delay in receiving data from one of our data sources, that data element will be updated the following week. 


About These Data

Learn more about these data by reading our data notes


How to Prevent Illness


Other Data


Wastewater Data

This dashboard from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows the levels of COVID in wastewater across the state. To see the most up-to-date data for Madison, click on "Madison" in the left column. 


Flu Vaccines


COVID-19 Vaccines

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