MADISON, Wis. According to the state Department of Health Services, more than 50 people in Wisconsin have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
As of Monday afternoon, there were 56 new hospitalizations due to the virus. Of the state’s 10,811 hospital beds, 23% are available for new patients. At least 5,792 * have died from coronavirus complications since the start of the pandemic, with 13 * new deaths confirmed on Monday.
DHS officials said the seven-day positive percentage for new tests per person was about the same at 20.6%, while the seven-day equivalent for total tests per day was 6.1%.
As of Monday afternoon, more than 345,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered to Wisconsinites. Click here for a list of places where people 65 and older can make an appointment to get the vaccine.
State and state health officials on Monday recorded 1,048 * new cases of the virus, which is below the seven-day moving average of 1,577. The state has reached a total life expectancy of 535,227 * confirmed cases, and about 22,000, or 4.1% of the cases remain active.
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* News 3 now uses data from DHS and county panels to calculate daily cases and deaths. DHS posts new numbers daily at 2pm, and our news office continues to update our totals during the day with additional issues reporting to individual provinces. Using a combination of state and county data, News 3 Now is dedicated to the most comprehensive and up-to-date COVID-19 coverage.
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