COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 4,280 new cases, 11 more deaths
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]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 4,280 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state’s total to 267,410 since the start of the pandemic.
Health officials also reported 11 more deaths from the virus. The state’s death toll now stands at 2,312.
Over the past seven days, Wisconsin has averaged 5,506 confirmed cases and 38 deaths per day, and an average of 17.4% of all tests have come out positive, according to the DHS’s latest report.
The DHS also reported 112 new hospitalizations from COVID-19. There are 1,806 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 statewide, with 373 in intensive care. To date, 12,839 people have required hospitalization in Wisconsin.
As of Sunday, there were 58,119 active cases of COVID-19. An additional 206,944 people have recovered or are recovering from the virus and no longer need isolation.