DHS: 31.1 percent of Wisconsinites get at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot

More than 31 percent of Wisconsinites have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, per state data released Thursday.

Wisconsin vaccinators administered 2,890,231 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through Wednesday.

They gave 65,545 doses on Wednesday, with a seven-day average of 48,338 daily shots.

Per state data, 31.1 percent of the state’s population, or 1,810,361 Wisconsinites, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 18.5 percent, or 1,076,380 Wisconsinites, have completed their vaccination series.

The Department of Health Services reported 517 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 577,712.

The state’s death toll is at 6,625 people, after DHS reported three more deaths.

An additional 4,609 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19, for a total of 3,314,178.

DHS considers 6,980 cases active.

The seven-day average for daily new cases is 468, down two from Wednesday and nine from a week ago.

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

As of Wednesday, the seven-day positivity rate by test was 2.9 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from Tuesday 0.4 percentage points from a week earlier, per preliminary data from DHS.

Per the Wisconsin Hospital Association, there were 239 total COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Thursday, up six from Wednesday and the same as a week ago.

There were 56 in intensive care units, down three from Wednesday and nine from a week ago.