Just over 1k new positive COVID-19 cases and 1 virus-related death reported by Wisconsin DHS

SATURDAY 1/2/2021 1:47 p.m.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has reported 484,085 total positive coronavirus test results in the state and 4,870 total COVID-19 deaths.

Of Wisconsin’s total COVID-19 cases, 26,577 (5.5%) are active, according to DHS, compared to 27,644 (5.7%) yesterday.

A total of 2,845,118 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19. Of the 5,054 test results available today, 21.33% were positive. DHS says 2,361,033 negative COVID-19 tests have been reported in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin’s hospitals are reporting, as of Thursday afternoon, a total of 1,074 patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Of those, 244 are in an ICU. A total of 2,095 hospital beds, or 19% of the state’s total beds, are immediately available to patients.

There are currently three patients in the alternative care facility at Wisconsin’s State Fair Park, up from zero patients yesterday. Since Jan. 2, the alternative care facility has seen 170 total patients.

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	Today’s Total	Yesterday’s
Total positive cases	484,085	483,007 (+1,078)
Active cases	26,577 (5.5% )	27,644 (5.7%)
Recovered cases	452,502 (93.5%)	450,358 (93.3%)
Negative tests	2,361,033	2,357,057 (+3,976)
Patients at alternate care facility	3	0 (+3)
Patients hospitalized	1,074	1,074 (+0)
COVID-19 patients in ICU	244	244 (+0)
Hospital beds available	2,095	2,095 (+0)
Ever hospitalized	21,449	21,400 (+49)
COVID-19 deaths	4,870	4,869 (+1)

As of Dec. 29, a total of 265,575 vaccines have been allocated to Wisconsin and 156,875 vaccines have been shipped. DHS reports, 47,157 vaccines have been administered in Wisconsin. Of those vaccines administered, 40,850 were Pfizer, and 6,306 were Moderna.

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As of Wednesday, Dec. 30, DHS reports all of Wisconsin’s 72 counties are experiencing at least a high COVID-19 case activity level – including one Northeast Wisconsin county that is experiencing critically high case activity levels.

Of the Northeast Wisconsin counties that are experiencing critically high activity levels, no counties are reporting a growing trajectory in disease activity.

Menominee County is the only Northeast Wisconsin county that is experiencing no significant change in critically high case activity levels.

The Northeast Wisconsin counties experiencing very high case activity levels with no significant change in disease activity are Oconto, Waupaca, and Winnebago.

Counties that are shrinking in very high activity levels are Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Outagamie, and Shawano.

The activity level is determined by combining the case burden and trajectory indicators.