56 others hospitalized for COVID-19 in Wisconsin; 7-day positivity rate at 20.6%

MADISON, Wisconsin – More than 50 people in Wisconsin have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to the State Department of Health Services.

As of Monday afternoon, there were 56 new hospitalizations due to the virus. Of the state’s 10,811 hospital beds, 23% are available for new patients. At least 5,792 * have died of complications from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, with 13 * new deaths confirmed on Monday.

DHS officials said the seven-day positivity rate for new tests per person has remained about the same at 20.6%, while the seven-day equivalent for the total number of tests per day is 6.1%.

As of Monday afternoon, more than 345,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to Wisconsinites. For a list of places where people 65 and over can make an appointment to be vaccinated, click here.

State and county health officials recorded 1,048 * new cases of the virus on Monday, which is lower than the seven-day moving average of 1,577. The state has reached a lifetime total of 535,227 * confirmed cases, and about 22,000, or 4.1% of cases, remain active.

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* News 3 now uses data from DHS and county dashboards to calculate daily cases and deaths. DHS releases new figures daily at 2 p.m., and our newsroom continues to update our totals throughout the day with additional cases reported by individual counties. Using a combination of state and county data, News 3 Now is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date COVID-19 coverage.