COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise
COVID hospitalizations continue to rise throughout Wisconsin and surpassed 300 on Monday, for the first time since mid-May. The seven-day average of new cases is close to 800 per day. However, deaths remain low, averaging only one per week.
Latest COVID-19 numbers
New cases reported: 486
New deaths reported: 0 Number hospitalized: 310(intensive care: 85); up 225 patients from a month ago
Seven-day average of daily cases: 797 (up 721 cases from one month ago)
Seven-day average of daily deaths: 1 (even from one month ago)
Seven-day average positivity rate — as a share of all tests given: 6.1%
Total cases since the start of pandemic: 622,866
Total deaths: 7,443
Latest vaccine numbers
Total
doses
administered: 5,837,154
Daily doses administered: 559 Seven-day average of daily doses: 6,403
Wisconsin residents with at least one dose: 3,030,893 (52.1% of the population)
Residents who are fully vaccinated: 2,877,082 (49.4% of the population)
Adults who have received one dose: 2,865,962(62.9% of the 18+ population) Adults who are fully vaccinated: 2,733,724 (60.0% of the 18+ population)
Residents ages 12 to 15 with at least one dose: 9101,404 (34.2% of age group)
Residents ages 16 to 17 with at least one dose: 63,498 (43.0% of age group)
Residents ages 18 to 24 with at least one dose: 244,865 (44.8% of age group)
Residents ages 25 to 34 with at least one dose: 364,586 (49.2% of age group)
Residents ages 35 to 44 with at least one dose: 407,310 (57.1% of age group)
Residents ages 45 to 54 with at least one dose: 424,514 (59.4% of age group)
Residents ages 55 to 64 with at least one dose: 571,866 (69.5% of age group)
Residents 65 and older with at least one dose: 852,821 (83.8% of age group)
Variant cases of concern
DHS, the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene and other laboratory partners regularly perform whole genome sequencing on a portion of positive tests. The numbers below do not represent the total number of variant cases.
Cases of the alpha (B.1.1.7) variant: 3,649
Cases of the beta (B.1.351) variant: 65
Cases of the delta (B.1.617.2) variant: 375
Cases of the gamma (P.1): variant: 328