DHS: 174,000-plus Wisconsinites finish COVID-19 vaccination series

More than 174,000 Wisconsinites have completed their COVID-19 vaccination series, state health officials said Tuesday.

Vaccinators in the state administered 793,474 COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Monday, and 174,215 Wisconsinites have received second shots.

Wisconsin’s federal allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses has grown to 1,152,025, with vaccinators having ordered 901,500 doses with 130,800 in transit.

The Department of Health Services reported 681 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, for a total of 551,050.

Thirty-nine deaths brought the death toll to 6,094.

An additional 4,168 Wisconsinites were tested, for a total of 3,092,634.

DHS considers 13,454 cases active.

The seven-day average for daily new cases is 970, the first time since early September that the rate fell below 1,000 cases. The average was down 59 from Monday and 321 from a week ago.

The seven-day average for daily new deaths is 22, down one from Monday and four from a week ago.

As of Monday, the seven-day average positivity rate by test was 4 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from Sunday and 1 percentage point from a week ago.

No patients were at the surge facility on Tuesday.