COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 40 new deaths as state surpasses 500K total cases
This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. They said Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 that genetic tests show a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously been infected with in March.[NIAID/National Institutes of Health via AP]
Wisconsin health officials on Friday announced 40 new deaths related to COVID-19, moving the state’s total to 5,119 deaths since the pandemic began.
Additionally, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reported 136 new hospitalizations, moving the total number of hospitalizations during the pandemic to 22,206.
A total of 502,012 positive cases of COVID-19 have now been confirmed in Wisconsin, with 3,474 new cases reported Friday.
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As of Friday, DHS reports that more than 2.89 million people have been tested in the state.
The state’s seven-day average positivity rate by person is at 29.8%.
DHS said the state has been allocated 420,200 vaccine doses, so far. Of those, 123,402 had been administered as of Friday.
You can see the state’s complete COVID-19 report here.