Wisconsin reports 2 more deaths, 1,832 new cases of COVID-19
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 1,832 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state’s total to 506,890 since the start of the pandemic.
State health officials also reported two more deaths. To date, 5,157 people have died of COVID-19 complications in Wisconsin.
An additional 52 patients were admitted to the hospital to be treated for COVID-19. There are currently 973 coronavirus patients, with 219 in intensive care. According to DHS data, a total of 22,378 patients have required hospitalization so far.
A total of 472,862 people have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19 and no longer need isolation, while 28,735 cases remain active.