COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 28 new deaths, 153 new hospitalizations
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]
Wednesday, Wisconsin health officials announced 28 new deaths related to COVID-19, moving the state’s total to 1,536 deaths since the pandemic began.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services also reported 153 new hospitalizations, moving the total number of hospitalizations during the pandemic to 8,754.
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A total of 158,578 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Wisconsin, with 3,107 new cases reported Wednesday.
As of Wednesday, DHS reports that 1,726,967 people have been tested in the state.
You can see the state’s complete COVID-19 report here.