An additional 74 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Monday, April 12.
They were reported as follows: 34 in Douglas County; 13 in Burnett County; 10 in Washburn County; seven in Sawyer County; six in Price County; three in Taylor County; and one each in Ashland and Bayfield County. No new cases were reported in Iron County and the Rusk County total fell by 1.
Statewide, an additional 1,775 cases were reported over the weekend, DHS said, bringing the Monday total to 585,710.
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An additional eight deaths were reported statewide over the weekend, bringing the Monday total to 6,680, DHS said. Overall, 1.1% of people who have contracted the virus have died.
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The seven-day average of positive COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin rose slightly. On Monday, the figure was 789. The seven-day average of positive cases measures the average number of new cases per day over the previous week. An overall increase in the seven-day average of positive cases indicates the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the state is also going up, according to DHS.
The number of negative tests in the state was 2,775,891 Monday, an increase of 10,312 over the weekend.
An additional 115 people have been hospitalized because of the virus since Friday, bringing the total to 28,174. Overall, 4.8% of Wisconsinites who contracted the virus have been hospitalized. Across the state, 288 people are currently hospitalized because of COVID-19 , and the total number of people receiving treatment in intensive care units is 72. DHS reported that 80% of the state's available hospital beds are occupied.
Monday's report also showed that 97.4% of the people who have tested positive for the virus have recovered. That means 1.4%, or 8,428 cases, are currently active.
DHS also reports that 3,542,552 doses of vaccine have been administered by Monday with 2,175,782 Wisconsin residents, 37.4% of the population, receiving at least one dose of vaccine, and 1,423,723 people completing the vaccine series.
Here's the breakdown in the 10-county region:
Ashland County
- Active cases: 24
- Deaths: 16
- Probable deaths: 0
- Total cases: 1,217
- Total negative tests: 7,227
- Vaccinations: 6,848
Bayfield County
- Active cases: 24
- Deaths: 19
- Probable deaths: 0
- Total cases: 1,116
- Total negative tests: 7,012
- Vaccinations: 7,662
Burnett County
- Active cases: 37
- Deaths: 21
- Probable deaths: 1
- Total cases: 1,272
- Total negative tests: 6,160
- Vaccinations: 5,370
Douglas County
- Active cases: 124
- Deaths: 30
- Probable deaths: 17
- Total cases: 3,851
- Total negative tests: 19,489
- Vaccinations: 15,836
Iron County
- Active cases: 1
- Deaths: 21
- Probable deaths: 19
- Total cases: 570
- Total negative tests: 2,631
- Vaccinations: 2,541
Price County
- Active cases: 13
- Deaths: 7
- Probable deaths: 0
- Total cases: 1,194
- Total negative tests: 5,671
- Vaccinations: 4,849
Rusk County
- Active cases: 12
- Deaths: 16
- Probable deaths: 1
- Total cases: 1,274
- Total negative tests: 5,142
- Vaccinations: 3,491
Sawyer County
- Active cases: 22
- Deaths: 23
- Probable deaths: 1
- Total cases: 1,590
- Total negative tests: 8,444
- Vaccinations: 6,198
Taylor County
- Active cases: 14
- Deaths: 24
- Probable deaths: 8
- Total cases: 1,841
- Total negative tests: 6,009
- Vaccinations: 4,224
Washburn County
- Active cases: 22
- Deaths: 18
- Probable deaths: 2
- Total cases: 1,385
- Total negative tests: 6,649
- Vaccinations: 6,729
Visit the Douglas County COVID-19 dashboard or Wisconsin Department of Health Services COVID-19 page for updates.