Wisconsin surpasses 2,000 COVID-19 deaths

Wisconsin surpassed 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, the same day it set another record for the most COVID-19 cases reported in a single day.

There were 75 deaths reported over the weekend, with 59 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday. The state’s death toll is at 2,047.

There were 5,278 new cases reported on Saturday. The previous high was 5,262 on Oct. 27.

An additional 3,493 cases were reported Sunday, for a total of 228,863 cases. The Department of Health Services said there were 47,551 active cases.

The seven-day average for daily new cases was 4,385 on Sunday. The seven-day average for daily new deaths was 38 deaths.

As of Sunday, 2,070,068 people in Wisconsin have been tested for the disease.

As of Saturday, the seven-day positivity rate per person was 29.5 percent, and the seven-day positivity rate per test result reported was 15 percent.

There were nine patients at the surge facility in West Allis as of Sunday morning.

The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 declined over the weekend, after setting a record of 1,546 on Friday.

There were 1,534 COVID-19 in Wisconsin hospitals as of Sunday, per the Wisconsin Hospital Association. That was a single-day increase of 24 and up 239 from last week.

COVID-19 patients in intensive care units were also down from a record 350 on Friday. There were 347 as of Sunday, a decline of two from Saturday and up 27 from last week.