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Evers plans statewide address as hospitals surpass 2,000 COVID-19 patients

Evers plans statewide address as hospitals surpass 2,000 COVID-19 patients

Gov. Tony Evers is planning to deliver a statewide address tonight as more than 2,000 COVID-19 patients were in Wisconsin hospitals on Monday.

According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association, the record 2,003 total COVID-19 patients was a 143 patient increase from Sunday and up 355 from the same point last week.

The Department of Health Services reported 4,360 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, for a total of 271,770.

Seventeen more deaths brought the death toll to 2,329.

The seven-day average for daily new cases was 5,639. The seven-day average for new daily deaths was 40.

There were 14,077 more people tested, for a total of 2,198,288.

According to DHS, 59,088 cases were active.

As of Sunday, the seven-day positivity rate by person was 35 percent, and the seven-day positivity rate by test was 17.5 percent.

There were four patients at the surge facility in West Allis on Monday morning.

There were 396 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, a one-day decline of one and up 44 from the same point last week.

The Wisconsin National Guard will be collecting specimens for COVID-19 testing in 59 counties this week.

Last week, its teams collected a record 55,000 specimens at community-based testing sites and institutional-based testing missions in more than 40 counties.

As of Monday, teams have collected 803,027 specimens statewide.

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