MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of more Wisconsinites have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health Services.
There were 77 people hospitalized between Sunday and Monday. The amount is a noticeable decline, as there have been a number of instances in the past month where two or three times as many hospitalizations were reported.
With 11,145 hospital beds across the state, 18% remain available for new patients.
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 300,000. At least 4,168* in Wisconsin have died of coronavirus complications, with 17 new deaths confirmed Monday.
The seven-day positivity rate for new tests by person has remained roughly the same at 27.8%, while the seven-day equivalent for total tests by day is at 10.6%.
State and county health officials recorded 2,174* new cases of the virus. Wisconsin has reached a lifetime total of 439,117* confirmed cases, and more than 44,000, or 10.2% of those cases are still active.
DHS said the seven-day average of new cases per day has fallen to 3,509. That amount is significantly less compared to a month ago, where the rolling average was 6,442 on Nov. 13.
UW Health has received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. With more than 1,700 doctors and 21,000 staff, UW Health said it will take time to administer vaccines for frontline health care workers who would like to get one.
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*News 3 Now uses data from DHS and county dashboards to calculate daily cases and deaths. DHS posts new numbers daily at 2 p.m., and our newsroom continues to update our totals throughout the day with additional cases that individual counties report. By using a combination of state and county data, News 3 Now is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date COVID-19 coverage.
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