New reports of COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Wisconsin, based on the latest data published by the state Department of Health Services.
DHS reported 804 new cases of the disease Saturday, bringing the average for the past seven days to 778 daily cases. Saturday’s average is the highest that figure has been since Feb. 14, when it was 782 daily cases.
There were 3,610 negative tests reported Saturday.
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As COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin spike back up, more of the state’s residents are being vaccinated against the disease.
A total of 3,471,590 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Wisconsin as of Saturday, with 69 percent of Wisconsinites age 65 and up fully vaccinated.
As of Saturday, 1,386,707 people in Wisconsin, or 23.8 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 6,676 people in Wisconsin. There were four new deaths from COVID-19 reported Saturday.
Other DHS data from Saturday include:
- 584,739 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
- 3,353,928 total tests administered, 2,769,189 of which have been negative since the pandemic began.
- 28,119 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 4,414 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 “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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