COVID-19 in Wisconsin: State sees continued high rates of infection and death
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 Thursday announced 21 new deaths related to COVID-19, moving the state’s total to 1,348 deaths since the pandemic began.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services also reported 109 new hospitalizations, creating a total of 7,409 hospitalizations during the pandemic.
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A total of 125,161 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Wisconsin, with 2,887 new cases reported Thursday.
As of Thursday, DHS reports that 1,559,882 people have been tested in the state.
Wisconsin’s seven-day average testing positivity rate is at 9.3 percent.
You can see the state’s complete COVID-19 report here.