An additional 13 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19 through Thursday, Jan. 3, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Friday, June 4.
They were reported as follows: four in Burnett and Washburn counties; two in Rusk and Sawyer counties; and one in Taylor County. No new cases were reported in Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron and Price counties. Only nine of the new infections were reported in the June 3 data, the most recent available.
Statewide, an additional 175 cases were reported Friday, DHS said, bringing the total to 610,740.
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An additional 21 deaths were recorded statewide since Thursday, including four in Northwest Wisconsin, bringing the total to 7,150 Friday, DHS said. All of the deaths recorded Friday were first reported prior to May 21. They include one in Bayfield County reported May 18, one in Burnett County reported Jan. 12 and two in Rusk County reported since Jan. 16. Overall, 1% of people who have contracted the virus have died.
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The seven-day average of positive COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin continued to drop. On Friday, the figure was 144. 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 2,950,410 Friday, an increase of 1,565.
An additional 69 people have been hospitalized because of the virus, bringing the total to 32,863 Friday. Only 10 of the hospitalizations have occurred since Wednesday, June 2, according to Friday's report.
Friday's update also showed that 98% of the people who have tested positive for the virus have recovered. That means 1%, or 4,046 cases, are currently active.
DHS also reports that 5,216,241 doses of vaccine have been administered by Friday with 2,808,405 Wisconsin residents, 48.2% of the population, receiving at least one dose of vaccine, and 2,475,509 people completing the vaccine series.
Here's the breakdown in the 10-county region:
Ashland County
- Active cases: 12
- Deaths: 15
- Probable deaths: 0
- Total cases: 1,287
- Total negative tests: 7,847
- Vaccinations: 8,343
Bayfield County
- Active cases: 7
- Deaths: 20
- Probable deaths: 0
- Total cases: 1,162
- Total negative tests: 7,485
- Vaccinations: 9,113
Burnett County
- Active cases: 33
- Deaths: 25
- Probable deaths: 0
- Total cases: 1,429
- Total negative tests: 6,656
- Vaccinations: 6,731
Douglas County
- Active cases: 88
- Deaths: 41
- Probable deaths: 20
- Total cases: 4,140
- Total negative tests: 20,694
- Vaccinations: 22,089
Iron County
- Active cases: 2
- Deaths: 21
- Probable deaths: 19
- Total cases: 582
- Total negative tests: 2,773
- Vaccinations: 2,980
Price County
- Active cases: 3
- Deaths: 7
- Probable deaths: 0
- Total cases: 1,240
- Total negative tests: 6,040
- Vaccinations: 5,997
Rusk County
- Active cases: 30
- Deaths: 19
- Probable deaths: 1
- Total cases: 1,381
- Total negative tests: 5,531
- Vaccinations: 4,365
Sawyer County
- Active cases: 19
- Deaths: 26
- Probable deaths: 2
- Total cases: 1,741
- Total negative tests: 8,969
- Vaccinations: 7,623
Taylor County
- Active cases: 9
- Deaths: 24
- Probable deaths: 10
- Total cases: 1,894
- Total negative tests: 6,378
- Vaccinations: 5,420
Washburn County
- Active cases: 9
- Deaths: 21
- Probable deaths: 2
- Total cases: 1,497
- Total negative tests: 7,221
- Vaccinations: 8,234
Visit the Douglas County COVID-19 dashboard or Wisconsin Department of Health Services COVID-19 page for updates.