DHS: 406 new COVID-19 cases, eight more deaths 

The Department of Health Services reported 406 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, for a total of 607,992.

The state’s death toll is at 6,986, with eight more deaths reported.

An additional 3,571 Wisconsinites have been tested for COVID-19, for a total of 3,529,232.

DHS considers 6,522 cases active.

The seven-day average for daily new cases is 373, down 16 from Thursday and 71 from a week ago.

The seven-day average for daily new deaths is five, up one from Thursday and down five from a week ago.

As of Thursday, the seven-day positivity rate by test was 2.6 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from Wednesday and 0.4 percentage points from a week ago, per preliminary data from DHS.

Wisconsin vaccinators administered 4,996,313 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through Thursday. They gave 21,751 doses on Thursday, with a seven-day average of 23,287 daily shots.

Per state data, 46.3 percent of the state’s population, or 2,698,327 Wisconsinites, have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and 40.5 percent, or 2,356,348 Wisconsinites, have completed their vaccination series.