New reports of COVID-19 cases has declined slightly, averaging at around 731 cases per day in Wisconsin, based on the latest data published by the state Department of Health Services.
DHS reported 373 new cases of the disease Monday, bringing the average for the past seven days to 731 daily cases. The average has been slowly rising since April 1, when it was 468 daily cases.
It’s typical for DHS to report fewer confirmed COVID-19 cases on Mondays, with labs usually posting fewer test results the day before.
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There were 2,669 negative tests reported Monday.
As COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin continue to hold steady well below spikes seen in the fall, more of the state’s residents are being vaccinated against the disease.
A total of 3,888,870 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Wisconsin as of Monday, with 71.9 percent of Wisconsinites age 65 and up fully vaccinated.
As of Monday, 1,614,276 people in Wisconsin, or 27.7 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 6,710 people in Wisconsin. There was one new death from COVID-19 reported Monday.
Other DHS data from Monday include:
- 590,831 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
- 3,393,952 total tests administered, 2,803,121 of which have been negative since the pandemic began.
- 28,594 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 3,042 new test results were reported Monday.
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 15 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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