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By Superior Telegram and Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten

May 24, 2021 at 2:22 PM

An additional 43 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Monday, May 24.

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

Statewide, an additional 591 new positive cases were reported since Friday, DHS said, bringing the total to 608,583.

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An additional four deaths were reported statewide over the weekend, bringing the total to 6,990 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 continued to drop over the weekend. On Monday, the figure was 329. 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 2,929,818 Monday, an increase of 8,578 since Friday.

An additional 112 people have been hospitalized because of the virus since Friday, bringing the total to 30,667. Overall, 5% of Wisconsinites who contracted the virus have been hospitalized. Two people each in Douglas and Rusk counties, and one person in Taylor County were among those hospitalized.

Monday's report also showed that 97.9% of the people who have tested positive for the virus have recovered. That means 1%, or 5,819 cases, are currently active.

DHS also reports that 5,052,793 doses of vaccine have been administered by Monday with 2,727,649 Wisconsin residents, 46.8% of the population, receiving at least one dose of vaccine, and 2,384,175 people completing the vaccine series.

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

Ashland County

Active cases: 25
Deaths: 15
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,281
Total negative tests: 7,818
Vaccinations: 8,054

Bayfield County

Active cases: 8
Deaths: 19
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,156
Total negative tests: 7,429
Vaccinations: 8,906

Burnett County

Active cases: 53
Deaths: 22
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,417
Total negative tests: 6,598
Vaccinations: 6,537

Douglas County

Active cases: 112
Deaths: 40
Probable deaths: 18
Total cases: 4,108
Total negative tests: 20,532
Vaccinations: 21,377

Iron County

Active cases: 2
Deaths: 21
Probable deaths: 19
Total cases: 580
Total negative tests: 2,751
Vaccinations: 2,935

Price County

Active cases: 7
Deaths: 7
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,237
Total negative tests: 5,997
Vaccinations: 5,825

Rusk County

Active cases: 45
Deaths: 17
Probable deaths: 1
Total cases: 1,364
Total negative tests: 5,465
Vaccinations: 4,206

Sawyer County

Active cases: 21
Deaths: 26
Probable deaths: 2
Total cases: 1,725
Total negative tests: 8,899
Vaccinations: 7,454

Taylor County

Active cases: 13
Deaths: 24
Probable deaths: 8
Total cases: 1,887
Total negative tests: 6,333
Vaccinations: 5,303

Washburn County

Active cases: 13
Deaths: 20
Probable deaths: 2
Total cases: 1,489
Total negative tests: 7,146
Vaccinations: 8,008

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

43 people test positive for COVID-19 in Northwestern Wisconsin

Five people in the region were hospitalized with the disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to May 24 report.