COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 84 more deaths, 3,675 cases reported on Saturday
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 on Saturday reported 84 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 4,399 since the start of the pandemic.
The DHS also reported 3,675 confirmed cases of COVID-19. To date, 455,351 people have had confirmed coronavirus infections in Wisconsin.
An additional 122 people were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 complications. Wisconsin has now surpassed 20,000 cumulative hospitalizations. Currently, 1,330 COVID-19 patients are in the hospital, with 290 in intensive care.
Over the past week, Wisconsin has averaged 3,047 cases of COVID-19 and 51 deaths per day. An average of 26.9% of those tested over the past seven days have been confirmed to be infected with the virus.
So far 412,499 people have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19 and no longer need to be isolated, and 38,351 cases remain active.