COVID-19 Update Archives - Wisconsin Health News

DHS: 8.9 percent of children 6 months to 4 years old receive COVID-19 vaccine

by Tim Stumm | Sep 27, 2022 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has started releasing data on COVID-19 vaccination for some of the state’s youngest residents.

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Growing percentage of COVID-19 cases are BA.4.6

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 26, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

BA.4.6 is making up a growing proportion of COVID-19 cases in a six-state region that includes Wisconsin, according to federal data updated Friday.

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CDC recommends public indoor masking in Lincoln, Wood counties

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 23, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Federal health officials on Thursday recommended public indoor masking in Lincoln and Wood counties due to high COVID-19 community levels.

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Percentage of Wisconsinites with COVID-19 boosters rises

by Tim Stumm | Sep 22, 2022 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

The percentage of Wisconsinites who have received an additional or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine rose by half a percentage point over the past week, per state data updated Wednesday.

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More than 65,000 doses of new COVID-19 boosters administered in Wisconsin

by Tim Stumm | Sep 21, 2022 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin vaccinators administered 65,434 doses of the updated COVID-19 boosters as of Monday, per a Department of Health Services spokeswoman.

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BA.5 makes up most COVID-19 cases, but other variant proportions growing

by Tim Stumm | Sep 20, 2022 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Most COVID-19 cases in a six-state region that includes Wisconsin are still BA.5, but other variants are making up more cases, according to recent federal projections.

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COVID-19 cases decline

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 19, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin’s average for daily COVID-19 cases declined at the end of last week, per state data updated Friday. But the rate was still higher compared to the prior week.

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CDC recommends mask wearing indoors in public in eight counties

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 16, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Federal health officials on Thursday recommended public indoor masking in eight Wisconsin counties, up five from last week.

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COVID-19 variant proportions remain mostly unchanged

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 15, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

COVID-19 variant proportions in the six-state region that includes Wisconsin are mostly unchanged, according to federal projections released this week.

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Wisconsin in better place with COVID-19, but threat of new variants looms

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 14, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin is in a better and safer place than it has been when it comes to COVID-19, but that could change if the virus evolves in a more dangerous direction and people don't get new boosters, experts said Tuesday.

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COVID-19 cases tick up over weekend

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 13, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

The seven-day average for daily confirmed COVID-19 cases rose over the weekend, according to state data updated Monday.

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COVID-19 cases level off after decline

by Sean Kirkby | Sep 12, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

The state’s average for daily new COVID-19 cases leveled off at the end of last week, after declining in previous days, according to recent state data.

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