MADISON, Wisconsin – More than 50 people in Wisconsin have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to the state’s Department of Health Services.
As of Monday afternoon, there were 56 new admissions due to the virus. Of the 10,811 hospital beds in the state, 23% are available for new patients. At least 5,792 * have died of coronavirus complications since the beginning of the pandemic, with 13 * new deaths confirmed on Monday.
DHS officials said the seven-day positivity rate for new tests per person remained approximately the same at 20.6%, while the seven-day equivalent for the total number of tests per day is 6.1%.
As of Monday afternoon, more than 345,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to Wisconsin residents. For a list of places where people aged 65 and over can schedule an appointment to get the vaccine, click here.
State and local health officials registered 1,048 * new cases of the virus on Monday, which is below the seven-day average of 1,577. The state reached a lifetime total of 535,227 * confirmed cases and about 22,000, or 4.1% of cases, remain active.
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* News 3 Now uses data from DHS and county panels to calculate daily cases and deaths. DHS publishes new numbers daily at 2 pm, and our newsroom continues to update our totals throughout the day with additional cases reported by individual counties. Using a combination of state and municipal data, News 3 Now is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date COVID-19 coverage.
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