COVID hospitalizations drop to low for year
Fewer than 100 patients remain in intensive care with COVID-19, according to Wisconsin Hospital Association data Monday. This is the lowest level this year and the lowest since last summer.
The WHA also reported that just more than 500 total patients remain hospitalized with COVID-19, which is the lowest total this year and fewest since last summer.
Latest COVID-19 numbers
● New cases reported: 340
● New deaths reported (since Friday), confirmed: 34
● New deaths reported (since Friday), probable: 7
● Number hospitalized: 505 (intensive care: 88); down 1,195 patients from a month ago
● Seven-day average of daily cases: 679 (down 6,673 cases from one month ago)
● Seven-day average of confirmed daily deaths: 26
● Seven-day average of new deaths reported within 30 days of death: 11 (down 19 deaths from a month ago)
● Seven-day average positivity rate: 4.6% of all COVID-19 tests given
● Total cases since the start of pandemic: 1,381,488
● Total confirmed deaths: 11,921
● Total probable deaths: 1,376
Latest vaccine numbers
● Total doses administered: 9,287,704
● Daily doses administered: 263
● Seven-day average of daily doses: 3,747
● Total booster doses administered: 1,919,411
● Daily booster doses administered: 114
● Seven-day average of daily booster doses: 1,763
● Residents who have received one dose: 3,726,771 (63.9% of the population)
● Residents who are fully vaccinated: 3,520,501 (60.4% of the population)
● Residents who have received a booster dose: 1,904,034 (32.6% of the population)
● Residents ages 5 to 11 with at least one dose: 129,074 (26.5% of age group)
● Residents ages 12 to 17 with at least one dose: 269,845 (60.7% of age group)
● Residents ages 18 to 24 with at least one dose: 323,911 (59.5% of age group)
● Residents ages 25 to 34 with at least one dose: 471,408 (63.6% of age group)
● Residents ages 35 to 44 with at least one dose: 497,281 (68.9% of age group)
● Residents ages 45 to 54 with at least one dose: 498,819 (71.4% of age group)
● Residents ages 55 to 64 with at least one dose: 638,751 (77.9% of age group)
● Residents 65 and older with at least one dose: 897,682 (85.7% of age group)
Variant case sequencing
State and private labs regularly do further tests on a portion of positive COVID-19 samples to find the prevalence of different variants of the virus. The numbers below are just a fraction of the total number of variant cases.
Omicron variant was identified in 100% of tests sequenced during the week starting Feb. 6.