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By Superior Telegram and Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten

April 27, 2021 at 2:50 PM

An additional 28 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19 , the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Tuesday, April 27.

They were reported as follows: 10 in Sawyer County; eight in Douglas County; four in Burnett County; and two each in Ashland, Iron and Price counties. No new cases were reported in Rusk, Taylor and Washburn counties.

Bayfield County's case total was reduced by two Tuesday, which occurs when records are corrected or duplicates are eliminated, according to DHS.

Statewide, an additional 815 cases were reported Tuesday, DHS said, bringing the total to 595,864.

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An additional 17 deaths, including one in Douglas County, was reported statewide Tuesday, bringing the total to 6,773, DHS said. Overall, 1.1% of people who have contracted the virus have died.

The seven-day average of positive COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin remained steady. On Tuesday, the figure was 604. The seven-day average of positive cases measures the average number of new cases per day over the previous week. An overall decrease in the seven-day average of positive cases indicates the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state is also going down, according to DHS.

The number of negative tests in the state was 2,833,669 Tuesday, an increase of 2,617.

An additional 100 people have been hospitalized because of the virus since Tuesday, bringing the total to 29,103. Overall, 4.9% of Wisconsinites who contracted the virus have been hospitalized.

Tuesday's report also showed that 97.4% of the people who have tested positive for the virus have recovered. That means 1.5%, or 8,852 cases, are currently active.

DHS also reports that 4,258,516 doses of vaccine have been administered by Tuesday with 2,450,545 Wisconsin residents, 42.3% of the population, receiving at least one dose of vaccine, and 1,855,145 people completing the vaccine series.

Here's the breakdown in the 10-county region:

Ashland County

Active cases: 30
Deaths: 15
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,234
Total negative tests: 7,446
Vaccinations: 7,439

Bayfield County

Active cases: 13
Deaths: 19
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,122
Total negative tests: 7,182
Vaccinations: 8,254

Burnett County

Active cases: 82
Deaths: 22
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,341
Total negative tests: 6,349
Vaccinations: 6,039

Douglas County

Active cases: 151
Deaths: 34
Probable deaths: 17
Total cases: 3,964
Total negative tests: 19,879
Vaccinations: 19,025

Iron County

Active cases: 2
Deaths: 21
Probable deaths: 19
Total cases: 574
Total negative tests: 2,685
Vaccinations: 2,736

Price County

Active cases: 20
Deaths: 7
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,225
Total negative tests: 5,809
Vaccinations: 5,332

Rusk County

Active cases: 17
Deaths: 17
Probable deaths: 1
Total cases: 1,285
Total negative tests: 5,263
Vaccinations: 3,831

Sawyer County

Active cases: 49
Deaths: 24
Probable deaths: 1
Total cases: 1,647
Total negative tests: 8,610
Vaccinations: 6,811

Taylor County

Active cases: 12
Deaths: 24
Probable deaths: 8
Total cases: 1,855
Total negative tests: 6,152
Vaccinations: 4,688

Washburn County

Active cases: 16
Deaths: 18
Probable deaths: 2
Total cases: 1,427
Total negative tests: 6,852
Vaccinations: 7,393

Visit the Douglas County COVID-19 dashboard or Wisconsin Department of Health Services COVID-19 page for updates.

28 people test positive for COVID-19 in Northwestern Wisconsin

One person in Douglas County died from the disease caused by the coronavirus, according to the April 27 report.