COVID cases dip, as do hospitalizations

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Wisconsin are continuing to fall.

On Friday, the Wisconsin Hospital Association reported that there were 2,021 COVID patients. By Saturday, that number had dropped to 1,933. On Monday, there were 1,930. Hospitalizations peaked during this surge at 2,278 on Jan. 12.

The seven-day average of new COVID cases has been on the decline since peaking at 18,892 on Wednesday, according to data from DHS. On Sunday, the seven-day average was 11,127 cases per day.

The number of new, confirmed COVID cases started falling after Wednesday, when it hit 15,644. There were 11,743 reported Thursday, 10,085 reported Friday, 7,036 reported Saturday and 5,042 reported on Sunday.

Latest COVID-19 numbers

• New cases reported: 5,042

• New deaths reported, confirmed (since Friday): 57

• New deaths reported, probable (since Friday): 7

• Number hospitalized: 1,930 (intensive care: 391); up 376 patients from a month ago

• Seven-day average of daily cases: 11,127 (up 7,358 cases from one month ago)

• Seven-day average of confirmed daily deaths: 39

• Seven-day average of new deaths reported within 30 days of death: 29 (up one death from a month ago)

• Seven-day average positivity rate: 25.1% of all COVID-19 tests given

• Total cases since the start of pandemic: 1,292,571

• Total confirmed deaths: 10,812 h Total probable deaths: 1,198

Latest vaccine numbers

• Total doses administered:

8,957,753

• Daily doses administered: 836 h Seven-day average of daily doses: 10,218

• Total booster doses administered: 1,830,479

• Daily booster doses administered: 442

• Seven-day average of daily booster doses: 6,120

• Residents who have received one dose: 3,680,049 (63.1% of the population)

• Residents who are fully vaccinated: 3,443,337 (59% of the population)

• Residents ages 5 to 11 with at least one dose: 118,873 (24.4% of age group)

• Residents ages 12 to 17 with at least one dose: 262,529 (59.1% of age group)

• Residents ages 18 to 24 with at least one dose: 317,041 (58.2% of age group)

• Residents ages 25 to 34 with at least one dose: 463,416 (62.5% of age group)

• Residents ages 35 to 44 with at least one dose: 491,654 (68.1% of age group)

• Residents ages 45 to 54 with at least one dose: 494,559 (70.8% of age group)

• Residents ages 55 to 64 with at least one dose: 635,326 (77.5% of age group)

• Residents 65 and older with at least one dose: 896,632 (85.6% of age group)

Variant case sequencing

State and private labs regularly do further tests on a portion of positive COVID-19 samples to find the prevalence of different variants of the virus. The numbers are just a fraction of the total number of variant cases.

Omicron variant was identified in 100% of tests sequenced during the week starting Jan. 10.