DHS: Nearly 5,000 Wisconsinites have received second COVID-19 vaccine dose

Nearly 5,000 people in Wisconsin have received their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, completing the vaccination process, a top Department of Health Services official said Thursday.

DHS Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk told reporters that 110,201 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. DHS previously said there were 85,609 doses administered as of Monday.

“In this post-holiday period, we are seeing a significant increase in the number of daily doses,” Willems Van Dijk said.

There were 6,000 first doses administered Monday, 8,000 first doses on Tuesday and 11,600 first doses on Wednesday, Willems Van Dijk said.

DHS reported 3,791 new COVID-19 cases, for a total of 498,538.

Forty more deaths brought the state’s death toll to 5,079.

An additional 10,148 Wisconsinites were tested, for a total of 2,881,948.

DHS considers 28,880 cases active.

The seven-day average for daily new cases is 2,490, up from 2,101 last week.

The seven-day average for daily new deaths is 31, up from 26 last week.

As of Wednesday, the seven-day positivity rate by person was 31.9 percent, up from 28.5 percent a week ago. The rate by test was 11.4 percent, up from 9.5 percent a week ago.

There were no patients at the surge facility in West Allis on Thursday morning, but the facility was treating three people on an outpatient basis with Bamlanivimab infusion therapy.

Wisconsin COVID-19 hospitalizations dipped to 1,077 on Thursday, down 51 from Wednesday and up 31 compared to last week.

According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association, there are 244 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, up one from Wednesday and seven from last week.