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By Superior Telegram and Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten

May 20, 2021 at 2:08 PM

An additional 14 Northwestern Wisconsin residents tested positive for COVID-19 , the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Thursday, May 20.

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

Statewide, an additional 448 cases were reported Thursday, DHS said, bringing the total to 607,586.

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An additional two deaths reported statewide Thursday, including one person in Douglas County, bringing the total to 6,978, 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 remain below an average of 400 new cases per day. On Thursday, the figure was 389. 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 2,918,075 Thursday, an increase of 3,331.

An additional 63 people have been hospitalized because of the virus since Wednesday, bringing the total to 30,479. Overall, 5% of Wisconsinites who contracted the virus have been hospitalized. That includes one person in each Bayfield, Douglas and Sawyer counties.

Thursday's report also showed that 97.7% of the people who have tested positive for the virus have recovered. That means 1.1%, or 6,709 cases, are currently active.

DHS also reports that 4,953,257 doses of vaccine have been administered by Thursday with 2,675,652 Wisconsin residents, 46% of the population, receiving at least one dose of vaccine, and 2,335,093 people completing the vaccine series.

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

Ashland County

Active cases: 26
Deaths: 15
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,276
Total negative tests: 7,710
Vaccinations: 7,922

Bayfield County

Active cases: 13
Deaths: 19
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,152
Total negative tests: 7,394
Vaccinations: 8,770

Burnett County

Active cases: 58
Deaths: 22
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,407
Total negative tests: 6,576
Vaccinations: 6,482

Douglas County

Active cases: 116
Deaths: 40
Probable deaths: 18
Total cases: 4,083
Total negative tests: 20,350
Vaccinations: 21,109

Iron County

Active cases: 4
Deaths: 21
Probable deaths: 19
Total cases: 580
Total negative tests: 2,743
Vaccinations: 2,865

Price County

Active cases: 6
Deaths: 7
Probable deaths: 0
Total cases: 1,236
Total negative tests: 5,979
Vaccinations: 5,746

Rusk County

Active cases: 34
Deaths: 17
Probable deaths: 1
Total cases: 1,343
Total negative tests: 5,483
Vaccinations: 4,154

Sawyer County

Active cases: 23
Deaths: 26
Probable deaths: 1
Total cases: 1,717
Total negative tests: 8,874
Vaccinations: 7,362

Taylor County

Active cases: 12
Deaths: 24
Probable deaths: 8
Total cases: 1,881
Total negative tests: 6,317
Vaccinations: 5,224

Washburn County

Active cases: 19
Deaths: 20
Probable deaths: 2
Total cases: 1,418
Total negative tests: 7,118
Vaccinations: 7,921

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

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Northwest Wisconsin adds 14 positive tests to the statewide total May 20.