Wisconsin reports 5,146 new COVID-19 cases, 52 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 on Saturday reported 5,146 confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 306,311 since the start of the pandemic.
Another 52 deaths were reported as well; so far 2,625 people have died from the coronavirus in Wisconsin.
According to DHS data Wisconsin has averaged 6,168 confirmed cases and 52 deaths per day over the past seven days. And over the past week, 36.5% of all people who were tested for COVID-19 were confirmed to have the disease, and 18.6% of all tests were positive.
The DHS also reported 181 new hospitalizations. According to the most recent report, 2,045 people are currently hospitalized with complications from COVID-19, with 435 people in intensive care. To date, 14,226 people who tested positive for the virus have been hospitalized in Wisconsin.
So far 235,170 people have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19 and no longer require isolation, while 68,453 cases are still active, according to DHS data.