Wisconsin adds over 3k new COVID-19 cases, 40 new deaths

THURSDAY 1/7/2021 1:47 p.m.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has reported 498,538 total positive coronavirus test results in the state and 5,079 total COVID-19 deaths.

Of Wisconsin’s total COVID-19 cases, 28,880 (5.8%) are active, according to DHS, compared to 27,843 (5.6%) yesterday.

A total of 2,881,948 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19. Of the 10,148 test results available today, 37.36% were positive. DHS says 2,383,410 negative COVID-19 tests have been reported in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin’s hospitals are reporting, as of Wednesday afternoon, a total of 1,128 patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Of those, 243 are in an ICU. A total of 1,798 hospital beds, or 16% of the state’s total beds, are immediately available to patients.

There are currently zero patients in the alternative care facility at Wisconsin’s State Fair Park, staying the same from zero patients yesterday. Since Jan. 1, the alternative care facility has seen 170 total patients.

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	Today’s Total	Yesterday’s
Total positive cases	498,538	494,747 (+3,791)
Active cases	28,880 (5.8%)	27,843 (5.6%)
Recovered cases	464,443 (93.2%)	461,729 (93.4%)
Negative tests	2,383,410	2,377,053 (+6,357)
Patients at alternate care facility	0	0 (+0)
Patients hospitalized	1,128	1,104 (+24)
COVID-19 patients in ICU	243	245 (-2)
Hospital beds available	1,798 (16%)	1,784 (+14)
Ever hospitalized	22,070 (4.4%)	21,971 (+99)
COVID-19 deaths	5,079 (1.0%)	5,039 (+40)

As of Jan. 5, a total of 420,200 vaccines have been allocated to Wisconsin and 266,675 vaccines have been shipped. DHS reports, 85,609 vaccines have been administered in Wisconsin. Of those vaccines administered, 64,674 were Pfizer, and 20,935 were Moderna.

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As of Wednesday, Jan. 6, 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 growing disease activity are Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, and Outagamie.

Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca, and Winnebago are the Northeast Wisconsin counties that are experiencing no significant change in disease activity.

There are no Northeast Wisconsin counties that are shrinking in very high activity levels.

Of the Northeast Wisconsin counties that are experiencing high coronavirus activity levels, none are reporting a growing trajectory.

Green Lake, Marinette, and Waushara counties are reporting no significant change in high case activity levels.

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