MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Wisconsin, according to state and county health officials.
At least 4,416* have died of coronavirus complications since March, with 56 new deaths confirmed Friday.
The state Department of Health Services said 145 more people were also hospitalized, which is up from Thursday’s amount. Roughly 16% of the state’s 11,137 hospital beds are available as of Friday afternoon.
State and county health officials recorded an additional 3,208* cases Friday, which puts Wisconsin’s lifetime total at 452,011*. Less than 39,000, or 8.6% of those cases are active. The seven-day average of new cases per day has also dropped to 3,102.
The seven-day positivity rate of new tests by person saw a minor decrease to 27.6%, while the seven-day equivalent for total tests by day also went down to 10%.
DHS officials said most of Wisconsin’s counties still have “very high” activity levels for disease spread, while some are labeled with “critically high” levels.
After finding out Wisconsin will receive almost 15,000 fewer doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine than expected, Gov. Tony Evers and state health officials have asked the federal government to send more.
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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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