MADISON, Delete. – According to the State Department of Health Services, more than 200,000 people in Wisconsin have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since Friday afternoon.
A total of 901,333 doses have been administered since December, of which 33,697 in the past day. Health officials said 213,571 people have fully completed the vaccine series.
The positive rate of new COVID-19 tests has continued to decline, with Friday’s seven-day rate per test dropping to 3.4%.
Wisconsin reported 938 new cases of the virus Friday, which is higher than the seven-day moving average of 832. The state has a total of 554,048 confirmed cases and 12,111, or 2.2% of the cases, are active.
11 more deaths were confirmed, bringing the statewide death toll to 6,151. DHS officials said an additional 55 had been hospitalized in the past day. Of the state’s 10,850 hospital beds, 20% are available for new patients.
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