Wisconsin hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increase by 80
FILE - This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, U.S. health regulators OK'd the first coronavirus test that allows people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states. The sample will still have to be shipped for processing back to LabCorp, which operates diagnostic labs throughout the U.S.[NIAID-RML via AP]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says hospitalizations due to complications from the coronavirus increased by 80 in the last day, although the number of daily cases continued to decline.
Officials on Sunday reported 2,446 new virus cases, for a total of 486,531 since the pandemic began. The COVID Tracking Project ranks Wisconsin 38th in the country for new cases per capita in the last two weeks.
One in every 330 people in the state tested positive in the past week.
Five new deaths were reported, lifting the total number of fatalities to 4,875. The death toll is the 22nd highest in the country overall and the 32nd highest per capita