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COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 50% of 18-24-year-olds reported to have completed vaccine series - WBAY
Nov 23, 2021 1 min, 51 secs
(WBAY) – Tuesday’s report from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) says the state is averaging 3,148 new cases per day during the past seven days, up from Monday’s average of 3,120 cases per day.

In another milestone, Oconto County is the latest county to see 50.0% of the county’s population to receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Tuesday’s report from the DHS.

Looking just at Wisconsin residents, the DHS says 70.1% of adults have now received at least one dose of vaccine.

The state says 58.7% of the state’s population received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine – a figure that is unchanged from Monday.

Out of those numbers, 55.9% of Wisconsin residents completed their vaccine series, getting either one dose of Johnson & Johnson or two doses of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.

The state health department has previously said it plans to add that information to its dashboard soon, but an exact timeline has yet to be given.

The Wisconsin DHS announced everyone 18 and older can receive a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine last week, even if they have no underlying health problems.

The DHS says another 188 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, dropping the 7-day average to 143 per day by our calculations.

As of Tuesday, the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) says there are 1,250 people with COVID-19 hospitalized, and 321 in intensive care.

39 new deaths were added to Wisconsin’s cumulative COVID-19′s death toll, but despite the jump in deaths, the state says Wisconsin’s 7-day average remains at 16 deaths per day.

So far, the state says a total of 8,900 people have died from causes related to the coronavirus.

If that average holds steady, the state could hit 9,000 COVID-19 deaths by the end of the month.

Oconto County Public Health plans several booster dose vaccine clinics in November.

Bellin Health is offering “mix-and-match” COVID-19 vaccine boosters at its Ashwaubenon community vaccination site, the Green Bay Fastlane drive-thru testing site and all primary care clinics and FastCare locations.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Wisconsin Hospital Association publishes updates Mondays through Fridays

** Cases and deaths are from state COVID-19 reports, which may differ from local health department numbers

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