COVID-19 Update Archives - Wisconsin Health News

Prevea Health CEO says health systems are ‘overwhelmed’

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 3, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin health systems are “overwhelmed” as they grapple with a COVID-19 surge fueled by the contagious delta variant, Prevea Health CEO Dr. Ashok Rai said Thursday.

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State sees second day in row of 4,000-plus new COVID-19 cases

by Sean Kirkby | Dec 2, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services reported 4,534 new COVID-19 cases for Tuesday, the second day in a row with more than 4,000 new cases, per state data updated Wednesday.

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Wisconsin in ‘dangerous place’ for COVID-19

by Tim Stumm | Dec 1, 2021 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin surpassed 9,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, and a Milwaukee County health leader said the state is in a “dangerous place."

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COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU admissions reach 2021 highs

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 30, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

COVID-19 hospitalizations reached a new high for 2021 on Monday.

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Growing number of Wisconsin counties at critically high levels of COVID-19 activity

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 29, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Thirty Wisconsin counties are seeing critically high levels of COVID-19 activity, nearly double the number that were previously at that level, per state data updated last week.

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Wisconsin ‘deep in the woods’ when it comes to COVID-19

by Tim Stumm | Nov 24, 2021 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin is the sixth-worst state in the country for COVID-19 cases per population, with more cases per day than at any other point in 2021, a Milwaukee County health leader said Tuesday.

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COVID-19 trends tick up

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 23, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin’s COVID-19 trends continue to tick up.

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DHS recommends COVID-19 booster shots for all adults

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 22, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services on Friday recommended every adult receive a COVID-19 booster shot at least six months after receiving their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine.

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DHS releases COVID-19 vaccine booster data

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 19, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

The Department of Health Services has updated its COVID-19 vaccination data, releasing information on booster doses for the first time.

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Wisconsin won’t expand eligibility for boosters, but vaccinators shouldn’t turn people away, says DHS official

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 18, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin doesn’t plan to expand eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to all adults before federal health officials act, as states like California and Arkansas are doing.

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Wisconsin sees highest daily COVID-19 case count since last December

by Tim Stumm | Nov 17, 2021 | COVID-19 Update, Top Stories, WHN Stories | 0 |

Wisconsin reported 3,981 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest daily case count since early December 2020, per state data released Tuesday.

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Unvaccinated five times more likely to get sick with COVID-19 than those without shots

by Sean Kirkby | Nov 16, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsinites not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 were five times more likely to test positive for the disease than those who received the shots last month, per state health data updated Monday.

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