Wisconsin reports 428 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths
![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.](https://kstp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/kstp_coronavirusnih-3.jpg)
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 reported 428 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state’s total to 575,748 since the start of the pandemic.
No new deaths were reported. A total of 6,598 Wisconsinites have died from COVID-19 complications. Another 30 patients were admitted to the hospital to be treated for COVID-19. So far 27,433 people have required hospitalization for COVID-19 in Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, 2.7 million vaccine doses have been administered statewide, and just shy of 1 million people have completed two-shot vaccination series. Over the past week, Wisconsin has administered an average of 49,717 doses a day.
In Wisconsin, 562,308 people have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19 infections and no longer need isolation, while 6,683 cases remain active.