DHS recommends providers, patients review info on blood clot risk for Johnson & Johnson shot
The Department of Health Services is asking healthcare providers giving Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to review new information about the risk of a rare and severe blood clot, after federal officials lifted a recommended pause on the vaccine last week.
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the use of the single-shot vaccine should resume following a Friday meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
The shot was put on pause in early April pending a review of six cases of the blood clot among the 6.8 million who received Johnson & Johnson shots. The two agencies confirmed 15 cases as of Friday, all in women between 18 and 59, with a median age of 37. Symptoms began between six and 15 days post-vaccination.
Elizabeth Goodsitt, DHS spokeswoman, said that healthcare providers, as well as vaccine recipients or caregivers, should review revised fact sheets with information about the rare blood clot. They also encouraged a review of final clinical details for providers, which they anticipate the CDC will post this week.
DHS reported 367 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, for a total of 595,049.
The state’s death toll is at 6,756. DHS didn’t report any additional deaths.
An additional 3,255 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19, for a total of 3,426,101.
DHS considers 8,600 cases active.
The seven-day average for daily new cases is 602, down one from Sunday and 129 from a week ago.
The seven-day average for daily new deaths is seven, the same as Sunday and up three from a week ago.
As of Sunday, the seven-day positivity rate by test was 3.2 percent, the same as Saturday and down 0.2 percentage points from a week earlier, per preliminary data from DHS.
Per state data, 42.1 percent of the state’s population, or 2,452,970 Wisconsinites, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 31.5 percent, or 1,834,240 Wisconsinites, have completed their vaccination series.
Wisconsin vaccinators administered 4,228,785 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through Sunday.
They gave 5,717 doses on Sunday, with a seven-day average of 42,267 daily shots.
Per the Wisconsin Hospital Association, there were 363 COVID-19 patients in Wisconsin hospitals, an increase of 13 from Sunday and six from a week ago.
There were 121 in intensive care units, up eight from Sunday and 27 from a week ago.
