New reports of COVID-19 cases are on the rise, averaging around 764 cases per day in Wisconsin, based on the latest data published by the state Department of Health Services.
DHS reported 1,092 new cases of the disease Friday, bringing the average for the past seven days to 764 daily cases. One week ago, the average was 531 daily cases. Friday’s total of new cases is the highest the state has seen since Feb. 11.
There were 4,422 negative tests reported Friday.
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As the weekly average of new cases of COVID-19 rises, more of the state’s residents are being vaccinated against the disease.
A total of 3,380,401 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Wisconsin as of Friday, with 67.7 percent of Wisconsinites age 65 and up fully vaccinated.
As of Friday, 1,330,471 people in Wisconsin, or 22.9 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 6,672 people in Wisconsin. There were five new deaths from COVID-19 reported Friday.
Other DHS data from Friday include:
- 583, 935 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
- 3,349,514 total tests administered, 2,765,579 of which have been negative since the pandemic began.
- 28,095 people have been hospitalized because of the disease, or 4.8 percent of all positive cases, since the pandemic began.
- Daily testing capacity remains at 59,273, though only 5,514 new test results were reported Friday.
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 “critically high,” “very high,” “high,” “medium,” to “low.”
As of Wednesday, DHS data showed the state had no counties with a “critically high” level of COVID-19 activity. One county — St. Croix — has a “very high” level, and the majority of Wisconsin counties have “high” levels of activity. There were growing case trajectories in 23 counties, and shrinking trajectories in two. Wisconsin’s overall COVID-19 activity level is “high.”
For more about COVID-19, visit Coronavirus in Wisconsin.
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