3.4M COVID-19 shots given, state’s weekly average cases rise
More than 1.3 million Wisconsinites have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the state health department reported Saturday.
That’s nearly 24% of the state’s about 5.8 million residents who have received both doses of a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one Johnson & Johnson shot, according to Wisconsin Department of Health Services data.
More than 3.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered since December, according to the state health department. More than 2 million Wisconsin residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine, which is about 37% of the state’s population. The vaccine is not yet authorized for children younger than 16.
Officials say 340,235 vaccine shots have been administered this week through Friday.
Seventy-eight percent of Wisconsinites age 65 and older have received at least one shot, the state reported Saturday, and 69% have completed a vaccine series.
The number of tests coming back positive for COVID-19 continues to rise.
On Saturday, the seven-day average of confirmed daily cases hit 778, the highest that number has been since Feb. 13, according to DHS. The seven-day average is double what it was a month ago.
● New cases reported: 804
● New deaths reported:4
● Number hospitalized (as of Friday): 290 (intensive care: 74); up 46 patients from one month ago
● Seven-day average of daily cases: 778 (up 390 cases from one month ago)
● Seven-day average of daily deaths: 5 (down 4 from one month ago)
● Seven-day average positivity rate (as a share of all tests given): 3.8%
● Total cases since the start of pandemic: 584,739 (8,625 active cases)
● Total deaths: 6,676
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