COVID-19 cases keep rising, but Wisconsin sees a small uptick in vaccine doses given
Both Wisconsin’s seven-day COVID-19 case average and the number of people hospitalized with the virus have risen to levels last seen in January.
Meanwhile, average daily doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are slowly trending upward, according to data from the state Department of Health Services.
On Monday the seven-day average for doses of vaccine administered in the state was just under 10,000. Two weeks ago, it was just under 8,000.
It’s an uptick from early July, when vaccine numbers were in a lull and hovered around an average of 5,000 to 6,000 daily doses.
The increase is minimal compared with the scale of vaccinations in the spring. At its peak in April, an average of 65,000 daily doses of vaccine were being administered in Wisconsin.
Gov. Tony Evers has announced a program that will give $100 Visa gift cards to anyone in the state who gets their first shot of a vaccine from a Wisconsin provider between Aug. 20 and Sept. 6.
The seven-day case average, meanwhile, continues to climb. The average recorded Monday of 1,692 was on par with levels last seen Jan. 21 – before the majority of vaccines were given.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wisconsin is also the highest since mid-January, with 911 patients. The state has seen a steep, rapid rise in hospitalizations. On July 4, there were just 76 patients with COVID-19 in Wisconsin hospitals.
Latest COVID-19 numbers
New cases reported: 899
New deaths reported: 0 Number hospitalized: 911 (intensive care: 293); up 665 patients from a month ago
Seven-day average of daily cases: 1,592 (up 999 cases from one month ago)
Seven-day average of daily deaths: 7 (up six deaths from one month ago)
Seven-day average positivity rate – as a share of all tests given: 7.9%
Total cases since the start of pandemic: 659,323
Total deaths: 7,584
Latest vaccine numbers
Total doses administered:
6,092,200
Daily doses administered: 855 Seven-day average of daily doses: 9,686
Residents who have received one dose: 3,177,325 (54.6% of the population)
Residents who are fully vaccinated: 2,988,192 (51.3% of the population)
Adults who have received one dose: 2,981,925 (65.5% of the 18+ population)
Adults who are fully vaccinated: 2,820,925 (61.9% of the 18+ population)
Residents ages 12 to 15 with at least one dose: 124,132 (41.9% of age group)
Residents ages 16 to 17 with at least one dose: 71,230 (48.3% of age group)
Residents ages 18 to 24 with at least one dose: 264,247 (48.4% of age group)
Residents ages 25 to 34 with at least one dose: 389,936 (52.6% of age group)
Residents ages 35 to 44 with at least one dose: 431,001 (60.4% of age group)
Residents ages 45 to 54 with at least one dose: 445,081 (62.2% of age group)
Residents ages 55 to 64 with at least one dose: 589,996 (71.7% of age group)
Residents 65 and older with at least one dose: 861,694 (84.7% 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: 3,626
Cases of the beta (B.1.351) variant: 67
Cases of the delta (B.1.617.2) variant: 2,587
Cases of the gamma (P.1): variant: 345