DHS Reports 70 New Hospitalizations As Wisconsin COVID-19 Cases Continue Declining

New reports of COVID-19 cases are on the decline in Wisconsin, based on the latest data published by the state Department of Health Services.

DHS reported 517 new cases of the disease Tuesday, bringing the average for the past seven days to 503 daily cases. One week ago, the average was 633 daily cases. Daily new cases have been steadily dropping since a mid-April peak, when the average was 823.

There were 2,496 negative tests reported Tuesday.

As COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin continue to decline, more of the state’s residents are being vaccinated against the disease.

A total of 4,724,130 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Wisconsin as of Tuesday, with 76.8 percent of Wisconsinites age 65 and up fully vaccinated.

As of Tuesday, 2,192,002 people in Wisconsin, or 37.6 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 6,917 people in Wisconsin. There were 13 new deaths and 70 hospitalizations from COVID-19 reported Tuesday.

Other DHS data from Tuesday include:

• 603,820 total cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
• 3,489,175 total tests administered, 2,885,355 of which have been negative since the pandemic began.
• 29,901 people have been hospitalized because of the disease, or 5 percent of all positive cases, since the pandemic began.
• Daily testing capacity remains at 59,273, though only 3,013 new test results were reported Tuesday.

Coronavirus rates vary from county to county. According to DHS, the 7-day average for new reported cases in Florence and Richland counties is zero, while the highest infection rates are in Polk, St. Croix and Barron counties.

For more about COVID-19, visit Coronavirus in Wisconsin.

Editor’s note: This story has been update to correctly state the number of people who have died from complications of COVID-19.

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