New reports of COVID-19 cases are rising slightly in Wisconsin, based on the latest data published by the state Department of Health Services.
DHS reported 675 new cases of the disease Saturday, bringing the average for the past seven days to 648 daily cases. One week ago, the average was 620 daily cases.
There were 3,956 negative tests reported Saturday.
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As COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin average in the mid-600s, more of the state’s residents are being vaccinated against the disease.
A total of 4,455,787 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Wisconsin as of Saturday, with 75.3 percent of Wisconsinites age 65 and up fully vaccinated.
As of Saturday, 1,992,959 people in Wisconsin, or 34.2 percent of the population, have been fully vaccinated.
Increasing rates of vaccination have provided a sense of hope after a yearlong pandemic that has claimed the lives of 6,841 people in Wisconsin. There were 18 new deaths from COVID-19 reported Saturday.
Other DHS data from Saturday include:
- 598,822 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
- 3,449,314 total tests administered, 2,850,492 of which have been negative since the pandemic began.
- 29,382 people have been hospitalized because of the disease, or 4.9 percent of all positive cases, since the pandemic began.
- Daily testing capacity remains at 59,273, though only 4,631 new test results were reported Saturday.
Coronavirus rates vary from county to county. In order to track COVID-19 activity levels, DHS looks at the number of new cases per a county’s population over a 14-day period — and whether there’s an upward or downward trend in new cases. Activity levels range from “very high,” “high,” “medium,” to “low.”
As of Wednesday, DHS data showed the state had five counties, all in northwest Wisconsin, with a “very high” level, while the majority of Wisconsin counties had “high” levels of activity. There were growing case trajectories in three counties. Wisconsin’s overall COVID-19 activity level is “high.”
For more about COVID-19, visit Coronavirus in Wisconsin.
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