Wisconsin nears 2 million COVID-19 vaccines administered
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 announced 274 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state’s total to 569,638 since the start of the pandemic.
Additionally, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 17 new hospitalizations. So far, 26,791 COVID-19 patients have required hospitalization.
The DHS reported a net decrease of two deaths following corrections from previous reports. A total of 6,536 Wisconsinites have died of COVID-19 complications.
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As of Sunday, DHS reports that more than 3.2 million people have been tested in the state.
The state’s seven-day average positivity rate by test is at 2%.
DHS said the state has been allocated 2.14 million vaccine doses so far. Of those, 1.96 million had been administered as of Sunday, and 687,640 people had completed the two-shot vaccine series.
You can see the state’s complete COVID-19 report here.