Wisconsin officials report nearly 1,700 new COVID-19 cases
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 reported nearly 1,700 new COVID-19 cases across the state Monday, down from a record high on Saturday.
The state Department of Health Services reported 1,696 newly confirmed cases on Monday. That’s down from 1,865 on Sunday and a record 2,892 cases on Saturday. The state has now seen 134,359 cases since the pandemic began.
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The DHS reported four more people have died, bringing the death toll to 1,381. As of Sunday 714 people were hospitalized, with 194 of them in intensive care, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
About 1.6 million people have now been tested for the disease, about 27% of the state’s population.