COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 6 new deaths, 41 new hospitalizations
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]
Wisconsin health officials on Wednesday reported six new COVID-19 deaths, moving the state’s total number of COVID-19 deaths to 1,100.
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Additionally, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 41 new hospitalized patients. A total of 5,651 patients have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state since the pandemic started.
Wisconsin has reported 72,260 positive cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with 768 of those reported Wednesday.
DHS has also reported 1,210,841 total tests completed in the state.
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