Nearly half of Wisconsin seniors fully vaccinated against COVID-19
MADISON (WLUK) -- As more groups became eligible to receive coronavirus vaccinations in Wisconsin Monday, nearly half of the state's senior citizens had been fully vaccinated.
The state Department of Health Services reported Monday that 49% of all adults 65 and over had completed their vaccine course, and 72.5% had received at least one dose.
Among all Wisconsinites, more than 1.47 million people, or 25.3% of the population, had received one dose, while 860,062 people, or 14.8% of the population, had been fully vaccinated.
DHS reported 2,350,826 doses had been administered in the state.
As for virus activity, the seven-day average of new cases rose back above 400. DHS reported 338 new cases, or 11.5% of the 2,937 total tests done. The seven-day average stood at 405 new cases per day.
No new deaths were reported on Monday, keeping the seven-day average at six per day.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 572,770 confirmed infections and 6,576 deaths. DHS lists 559,872 people as having recovered from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.
Overall hospitalizations rose slightly on Monday. The Wisconsin Hospital Association reported treating 203 COVID-19 patients, up 10 since Sunday, but down 11 from a week earlier. The number in intensive care was 57, the same as both a day and a week earlier.
Northeast region hospitals reported 21 COVID-19 patients, flat since Sunday and four fewer than a week earlier. Eight of those were in ICUs, two more than both a day and a week earlier. In the Fox Valley region, there were 10 COVID-19 patients, the same number as on Sunday and four fewer than a week earlier. One of those was in an ICU, down one in a day and up one over a week.
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