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By Superior Telegram and Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten

April 26, 2021 at 2:21 PM

An additional 35 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Monday, April 26.

They were reported as follows: 12 in Douglas County; eight in Sawyer County; three each in Bayfield, Price and Washburn counties; two each in Ashland and Taylor counties; and one each in Burnett and Iron counties. No new cases were reported in Rusk County.

Statewide, an additional 1,260 cases were reported over the weekend, DHS said, bringing the total to 595,049 Monday.

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An additional 18 deaths reported statewide since Friday, bringing the total to 6,756 Monday, 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 fell slightly over the weekend. On Monday, the figure was 602. 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 2,831,052 Monday, an increase of 10,205 since Friday.

An additional 138 people, including one person in Douglas County, have been hospitalized because of the virus since Friday, bringing the total to 29,003. Overall, 4.9% of Wisconsinites who contracted the virus have been hospitalized.

Monday's report also showed that 97.4% of the people who have tested positive for the virus have recovered. That means 1.5%, or 8,600 cases, are currently active.

DHS also reports that 4,228,785 doses of vaccine have been administered by Monday with 2,452,970 Wisconsin residents, 42.1% of the population, receiving at least one dose of vaccine, and 1,834,240 people completing the vaccine series.

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

Ashland County

Active cases: 29
Deaths: 15
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,232
Total negative tests: 7,446
Vaccinations: 7,436

Bayfield County

Active cases: 13
Deaths: 19
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,124
Total negative tests: 7,175
Vaccinations: 8,251

Burnett County

Active cases: 79
Deaths: 22
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,337
Total negative tests: 6,342
Vaccinations: 6,034

Douglas County

Active cases: 145
Deaths: 33
Probable deaths: 17
Total cases: 3,956
Total negative tests: 19,867
Vaccinations: 19,010

Iron County

Active cases: 1
Deaths: 21
Probable deaths: 19
Total cases: 572
Total negative tests: 2,681
Vaccinations: 2,733

Price County

Active cases: 18
Deaths: 7
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,223
Total negative tests: 5,795
Vaccinations: 5,327

Rusk County

Active cases: 16
Deaths: 17
Probable deaths: 1
Total cases: 1,285
Total negative tests: 5,257
Vaccinations: 3,811

Sawyer County

Active cases: 43
Deaths: 24
Probable deaths: 1
Total cases: 1,637
Total negative tests: 8,604
Vaccinations: 6,806

Taylor County

Active cases: 12
Deaths: 24
Probable deaths: 8
Total cases: 1,855
Total negative tests: 6,146
Vaccinations: 4,672

Washburn County

Active cases: 19
Deaths: 18
Probable deaths: 2
Total cases: 1,427
Total negative tests: 6,829
Vaccinations: 8,387

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

35 people test positive for COVID-19 in Northwestern Wisconsin

An additional 138 people, including one in Douglas County, have been hospitalized because of the virus since Friday.