Nearly 70,000 Wisconsinites get second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Nearly 70,000 Wisconsinites have completed their COVID-19 vaccination series, according to state health data released Tuesday.

As of Monday, 362,505 doses have been administered in the state, with 69,077 being second doses.

The Department of Health Services said Tuesday that the federal government allocated 846,300 doses to Wisconsin. The state has ordered 641,150 doses, with 162,000 held in reserve for long-term care facilities. Per DHS, 167,850 doses are in transit to vaccinators.

DHS reported 1,301 new cases on Tuesday, for a total of 535,218.

Fifty-four more deaths brought the state’s death toll to 5,753.

An additional 5,448 people were tested, for a total of 3,016,953.

DHS considers 21,515 cases active.

The seven-day average for daily new cases is 1,545, down 32 from Monday and 350 from a week ago.

The seven-day average for daily new deaths is 34, up one from Monday and down nine from a week ago.

As of Monday, the seven-day positivity rate by person was 20.1 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from Sunday and 3.8 percentage points from a week ago.

The rate by test was 6.1 percent, the same as Sunday and down 1.3 percentage points from a week ago.

No patients were at the surge facility in West Allis on Tuesday.

There were 746 COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin hospitals on Tuesday, down 26 from Monday and 119 from a week ago, reports the Wisconsin Hospital Association.

A total of 155 were in intensive care units, down 20 from Monday and 48 from a week ago.