COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 18 more deaths, 1,826 cases reported on Sunday
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 Sunday reported 18 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 4,417 since the start of the pandemic.
The DHS also reported 1,826 confirmed cases of COVID-19. To date, 457,177 people have had confirmed coronavirus infections in Wisconsin.
An additional 68 people were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 complications. Wisconsin has now surpassed 20,000 cumulative hospitalizations. Currently, 1,865 COVID-19 patients are in the hospital, with 290 in intensive care.
So far 415,922 people have recovered or are recovering from COVID-19 and no longer need to be isolated, and 36,736 cases remain active.