DHS: 667 new COVID-19 cases, 14 more deaths
The Department of Health Services reported 667 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 601,603.
The state’s death toll is 6,877, after DHS reported 14 more deaths.
An additional 5,330 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19, for a total of 3,470,326.
DHS considers 8,663 cases active.
The seven-day average for daily new cases is 606, down 20 from Wednesday and 17 from a week ago.
The seven-day average for daily new deaths is nine, the same as Wednesday and down five from a week ago.
As of Wednesday, the seven-day positivity rate by test was 3.3 percent, the same as Tuesday and a week earlier, per preliminary data from DHS.
Per state data, 43.9 percent of the state’s population, or 2,555,105 Wisconsinites, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 35.8 percent, or 2,086,243 Wisconsinites, have completed their vaccination series.
Wisconsin vaccinators administered
4,581,912 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through Wednesday.
They gave 31,565 doses on Wednesday, with a seven-day average of 28,185 daily shots.