DHS: 448 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths 

The Department of Health Services reported 448 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 607,586.

The state’s death toll remains at 6,978, with two more deaths reported.

An additional 3,779 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19, for a total of 3,525,661.

DHS considers 6,696 cases active.

The seven-day average for daily new cases is 389, down five from Wednesday and 76 from a week ago.

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

As of Wednesday, the seven-day positivity rate by test was 2.7 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from Tuesday and 0.3 percentage points from a week ago, per preliminary data from DHS.

Wisconsin vaccinators administered 4,953,257 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through Wednesday. They gave 21,832 doses on Wednesday, with a seven-day average of 22,435 daily shots.

Per state data, 46 percent of the state’s population, or 2,675,652 Wisconsinites, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 40.1 percent, or 2,335,093 Wisconsinites, have completed their vaccination series.