MADISON, Wisconsin – Nearly 175,000 people in Wisconsin received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the state’s Department of Health Services.
A total of 793,474 doses have been administered since December, including 17,128 vaccinations the previous day. DHS officials said 174,215 completed the vaccine series on Tuesday afternoon.
More than one million doses have been allocated, 901,500 have been ordered and 130,800 are in transit.
The positive percentage of new COVID-19 tests continued to decline gradually in the state, with the average positive seven-day percentage per test dropping slightly to 4%.
Health officials registered 681 new cases of the virus on Tuesday, just a day after Wisconsin reported the lowest number of new cases since August. The seven-day average of new cases per day has dropped to 970, the first time the average has dropped to less than 1,000 cases since 9/11.
The state reached a lifetime total of 551,050 confirmed cases and 13,454, or 2.4% of the cases are active.
A total of 6,094 Wisconsin residents died of coronavirus complications, with 39 new deaths confirmed on Tuesday. Another 102 people were also hospitalized. Of the 10,795 hospital beds in the state, 22% are available for new patients.
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