DHS: 40.7 percent of Wisconsinites receive at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Nearly 41 percent of Wisconsinites have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Wisconsin vaccinators administered 3,978,523 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through Tuesday.

They gave 38,821 doses on Tuesday, with a seven-day average of 44,537 daily shots.

Per state data, 40.7 percent of the state’s population, or 2,368,010 Wisconsinites, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 28.8 percent, or 1,677,365 Wisconsinites, have completed their vaccination series.

The Department of Health Services reported 626 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, for a total of 592,262 cases.

The state’s death toll is at 6,721 people, after DHS reported three more deaths.

An additional 5,065 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19, for a total of 3,403,332.

DHS considers 9,009 cases active.

The seven-day average for daily new cases is 671, down 43 from Tuesday and 152 from a week ago.

The seven-day average for daily new deaths is four, the same as Tuesday and down two from a week ago.

As of Tuesday, the seven-day positivity rate by test was 3.4 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from Monday and 0.3 percentage points from a week earlier, per preliminary data from DHS.