DHS: 2.319 new COVID-19 cases, 27 more deaths

Wisconsin reported 27 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, the state’s highest single-day death toll from COVID-19.

There have been 1,327 deaths so far.

The Department of Health Services reported 2,319 new COVID-19 cases, for a total of 122,274.

There were 11,792 more people tested, for a total of 1,545,521.

DHS also revised its reporting of the state’s positivity rate. As of Tuesday, the seven-day percent positivity rate by person tested was 17.2 percent and the seven-day percent by total tests per day was 9.4 percent.

The seven-day average for daily new COVID-19 cases was 2,334 on Wednesday.